UK postal voting. Why is there a code on the voting ballot paper envelope? Do they track who you vote for?

Why also are there only voting for my area don't they have a form where you tick the box for Cameron / Brown / Clegg or are you just voting for the area representative? Sorry to sound dumb!!!UK postal voting. Why is there a code on the voting ballot paper envelope? Do they track who you vote for?
It's about tracking the paper, not who you vote for, so as to help prevent election fraud.



The way British Parliamentary elections work is that you are voting for who you want to be your MP, not for a party. Strictly speaking, parties are completely ignored at the election: each candidate is allowed six words to describe themselves on the ballot paper and of course candidates who belong to a party (it's possible to stand for election as an independent candidate without belonging to a party) will use that six words to give their party name. This is why your local candidates' names are in bigger print than the party names.



The Prime Minister is not directly elected in the way that the American President is. What happens instead is that the leader of the party that gets most MPs will be appointed Prime Minister by the Queen (or if it's Brown, he already is Prime Minister so doesn't need to be appointed again).



So if, say, you want David Cameron to be Prime Minister, you vote for whoever is the Conservative Party candidate in your area. You would only see his name on the ballot paper if you lived in Witney, Oxfordshire, as that is where he's the local Conservative candidate. Similarly you would only see Clegg's name on the paper if your constituency is Sheffield Hallam.



You don't tick the box, either - you're supposed to put an X in it!
Firstly, unlike in America you do not vote for the leader, you vote for your local MP. The party with the most MPs wins.



Secondly, they say they don't track who you vote for, but they probably do.



Its up to you who you vote for, but I'll be voting Conservative as they are the only ones who will make Britain great again.UK postal voting. Why is there a code on the voting ballot paper envelope? Do they track who you vote for?
they have to code on them because sometimes there intercepted by someone to vote for there candidate. so this way they can track were the vote actually came from.



you have to vote for a local MP for your constituency, this is how it all works, it's a little flawed, but better then most systems i've seen in other country's.
Well here in the US, we have machines that do the same called Diebold and it never fails!

They rig them to the best and in our last election, it was ACORN, ppl voting 2 or 3 times... it's ridiculous.UK postal voting. Why is there a code on the voting ballot paper envelope? Do they track who you vote for?
I have heard that the authorities can find out who u vote for. I work for Kirklees education authority and I am not voting if I was to vote bnp then I could be sacked as I work with different races and religions
I think so, what else would it be there for