Birmingham city council send out postal ballot cards leaving out the ‘h’ in Birmingham on the return address section.
Brummies are keeping their fingers crossed that council officers can count better than they can spell after receiving polling literature littered with mistakes.
More than 60,000 postal ballot cards have landed on doormats with the return address spelt âBirmingamâ â missing out the âhâ.
Not only that, it also stated there was a return deadline of May 29, 2009 â set for last yearâs European election. And a list of instructions also stated: âMake it is not left where someone else can pick it upâ â leaving out the word âsureâ.
Voter Paul Cate, of Stechford, said: âIs it beyond the wit of the council to ensure a simple card has been proof read for basic information and coherent sentences?â
The mistakes come at a time when the postal vote in Birmingham is under scrutiny following the election fraud of 2004. âWe have introduced rigorous checking processes to ensure the integrity of local elections and we accept these same standards need applying to all election literature,â a spokesman for the council said.
The authority hit the headlines two years ago when it used a photograph of Birmingham, Alabama, on 720,000 leaflets to promote recycling. It also proposed to ban apostrophes from road signs.