NICOLA Sturgeon has hinted next year’s Holyrood election could be by postal vote.The poll is due to take place in May, but the First Minister has warned the country could still be in lockdown, with rules repeatedly lifted and reinstated at short notice.Amid fears an effective Covid-19 vaccine may not be available for 18 months, Sturgeon was asked how confident she was the election would take place.The First Minister stressed she did not “have space in my head to think about politics or elections right now”, adding that any decision would have to be made on a cross-party basis.She added: “My starting point is elections should go ahead, maybe there needs to be certain different ways of conducting the election, postal voting for example.“It is