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A member has got in touch to express his dismay at the problems with receiving a ballot. I am in the same boat despite being registered in my home constituency for the past two years. The sender has asked to be kept anonymous.

I am writing to express my concern that I did not automatically recieve a ballot paper for the national Conservative Future elections currently underway; I have been a member of the XXXX Association continuously for at least five or six years (in addition to a couple other constituencies with which I have connections), and I know you have always had an up to date address on file for me because I always receive the Blueprint newsletter in the post.

Furthermore, you correctly have me down as being of Conservative Future age since I receive emails from you regarding XXXX CF events. So I am surprised and disappointed that I did not receive a ballot paper for the CF elections - it is my understanding that CCHQ asked associations for lists of CF members and cannot therefore understand why I did not get a ballot paper.

This morning I have had to phone the CF office in CCHQ, where it was confirmed that I was not on the list of registered CF electors, and only now are they processing a ballot paper for me. I have always found the XXXX office extremely efficient in comparison to other associations, so am doubly confused as to how this lapse occurred.

Anon

(Disenfranchised? - to request a ballot email richard.jackson@conservatives.com)