SIR - I share Joy Gartside's concern about electors not receiving their postal votes in time (T&A, May 10).

This was, unfortunately, only the tip of the iceberg in an election that found the voting process brought even further into disrepute.

We had many instances in Bradford of polling cards being delivered with incorrect information, our Council blaming the printers, but surely the printers only printed the material, they didn't write it?

Then we hear about an undercover reporter uncovering Labour activists in Leeds allegedly breaking the law by handling postal votes and posting them, unless they were for another party, in which case activists were told to lose them' on the way to the postbox.

We had election counts taking place on the following day, which meant we had ballot boxes being left overnight, leaving a big window for potential abuse.

There is one quick remedy for election fraud, only allow postal votes to people who cannot physically make it to the polling stations.

The old parties continue to present postal voting as a success, as they claim it has increased voter turnout, but at what cost?

Jason Smith, UKIP Bradford & District Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury