THE Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has announced the people of the North West will be posting their vote in next year's referendum for elected regional assemblies.
Postal ballot schemes at local elections earlier this year resulted in significant rises in turnout and Nick Raynsford, Minister for Local and Regional Government, said: 'Following a series of pilots in local authority elections and thorough evaluation by the Electoral Commission, it is clear that all-postal ballots can significantly increase levels of participation.
'We have considered this evidence carefully and I'm pleased to announce that the Government intends to hold all referendums on elected regional assemblies and on associated local government changes by all-postal ballots.'
