The final day before polling day, and the penultimate stage of the campaign, letters to those who have indicated that they will be voting Liberal Democrat, encouraging them to come out on polling day, and squeeze letters to declared Green and Labour supporters, gently encouraging them to vote for me lest the Conservative win on a split opposition vote.
Technology allows us to whittle away the postal voters, most of whom will have voted already, leaving us a group to be delivered to. The team have, once again, rallied round, making short work of the task and all we can do now is wait until polling day and, to a great extent, see what happens. As for me, I was out and about in Barking, despite the cold, highly unseasonal weather for early June.
Meanwhile, news of the first round of postal ballot validation. Naturally, I can't give numbers, but the aim of the exercise is to ensure that the postal ballots are correctly returned. The main envelope is opened, and the signature and date of birth details are matched against the Council's database. If the form with the signature is missing, the ballot paper is invalid - you can't tell who actually filled it in.
We don't get to see the actual ballot papers so, in that sense, it isn't very exciting. You do get to find out what the postal ballot turnout is, which might be a pointer towards turnout on polling day proper.
I'm beginning to get slightly nervous...
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