Electronic voting has failed to make much of an impact on turnout in the local elections.

Turnout nationally was marginally up on the 32% of last year to 37%, with areas offering low-tech postal voting showing the most promising signs of increasing voter interest.

A total of 17 local authorities offered e-voting facilities to up to 1.9 million voters, via internet kiosks, home computers, text message and digital TV.

Vale Royal and Shrewsbury saw significant increases in voter turnout as a result of e-voting but in the other areas the impact was negligible.

E-voting is part of a UK Government effort to get more people to using the ballot box, especially the young who traditionally shun local polls.

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