direct to your inboxHow will local elections, postponed from last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, look in 2021?With lockdown still in place and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s road map out of lockdown yet to be announced, this year’s local and mayoral elections across Greater Manchester are set to look very different.Trafford council is busy preparing, as up to a third of its council seats are being contested on May 6.The authority is expecting a wave of applications for postal votes ahead of the elections and is working to accommodate this and avoid any voter fraud.People will still be able to vote in person, however, with work being done to ensure in-person voting is safe.Applications to vote by post in May’s local and mayoral.
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