Postal votes- elections-what should I do next? (if anything)

Thanks for the advice, I knew GNers would be helpful. I was wondering if I was just making too much of it but I think I do need to follow things through.

Agree with JessM. The agents of all the candidates should be alterted to this situation which could render the election null and void if it gives voters no time to cast their postal votes. I would be inclined also to notify the Electoral Commission

Phone the returning officer in your local council and if you have a preferred candidate you might like to alert them as well. There could be lots of people who have not received both ballot papers.

The position is definitely being contested. Thanks for all the comments. Polling papers have still not arrived. Thanks chelseababy if I can I might have to do that.

If time is short you can take your postal vote to your local polling station.

It is not unknown for skulduggery to be afoot or it could be just that the position is not being contested as anno says.

Possibly. They have said that I will get a new voting pack. They blamed the printers for missing out my paper. They promised me a new one yesterday but when I went to the council office to get it I was told they hadn't arrived. The official promised he would bring one to my house today-but no sign yet. My mother says she will ring the council on Tuesday. Is this a sign that the election is being badly run? I am really not sure

Perhaps he just meant that if the postal vote didn't arrive at your address, or was damaged in some way when it did, you could request a new one.

Postal votes are opened before the polls close and counted along with the polling station votes. No spoilt or damaged postal vote can possibly be replaced and anyway if they are spoilt, it's usually on purpose, sometimes with very rude messages written on them! It's very inefficient if the returning officer hasn't included the voting paper for the PCC in the envelope. Are you sure this isn't because the position is not being contested? It doesn't give you much time to get the papers back to the RO.

If you damage or spoil your vote at the pollingstation and tell the clerk they will give you another form. Do not put the spoiled one in the box!

I have done my postal vote as has DH, there were two voting slips in each envelope. I have never heard of damaged postal votes being replaced, I thought it was just null and void as for polling stations.
There is bound to be someone on here who has worked in this field and will be able to offer advice.