Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he did not vote in local elections

Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader, is reported to have not voted in local elections, according to the Green Party. BBC News says the party states he did not vote in the local elections, after Polanski had previously told Hackney mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett, “you have my vote.” The Daily Mail reports that Polanski campaigned in Wales on polling day while his position has been clarified as part of the dispute. The paper also states that Polanski’s spokesman indicated he planned to vote by postal ballot in Hackney on the day before polling. Across the coverage, the central point is the discrepancy between Polanski’s earlier statement to Garbett and the Green Party’s later clarification about his voting participation. The reports do not indicate any change in Polanski’s earlier campaign support for Garbett, but they do describe competing details about whether he voted by postal method versus not voting at all.