Countdown on to Launch Online Postal Vote Forms in Scotland and Wales

Voters in Wales and Scotland who cannot make it to a polling station must use a paper form if they want a postal or proxy ballot Andrew Matthews/PA

Holyrood and Cardiff Bay have just over six months to open online applications for postal votes in time for next year’s elections.

Scottish and Welsh voters currently have to fill in a paper form if they would like a postal or a proxy vote in Scottish Parliament or Senedd elections.