ELECTION officials are working flat out to ensure 600 first time voters wiped off computer records are given the chance to vote.
A computer error at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council means voters whose 18th birthdays fall between November 30, 2002 and polling day, May 1, 2003 have not been sent postal ballot papers.
Returning officer and chief executive Colin Moore yesterday announced that urgent action was being taken to hand-deliver the papers.
He said: "Thankfully, we are in a position to ensure that we can put matters right."
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