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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll in Glasgow

Close election results ‘could be challenged over delayed postal votes’

The opening and sorting of postal ballots at a centre in Ingliston, Scotland.
The opening and sorting of postal ballots at a centre in Ingliston, Scotland. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Close results in constituencies at the election could be challenged in the high court because of delayed postal votes, experts have said.

Caroline Morris, a barrister and reader in public law at Queen Mary University of London, said people could get a hearing if four constituents petition the high court arguing their vote could have had a material impact on the result.

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