To seek an exemption from the Council's Procurement Rules to provide and trial the use of mobile tablet technology across Polling Stations within the District for the upcoming Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Elections on 02 May 24. The tablet based technology is provided by Democracy Counts Ltd, with whom the Council already has a contract with since July 2022 for the provision of an Electoral Management System (Elector8).

There are no other providers of this tablet based technology who would be able to provide the same level of integration with the Electoral Management System as the provider of that same system. Additionally, the Notice of the Election is being published by The Local Returning Officer on 22 March 2024.