| Subject: | Re: Local Authority By-Election Results: Thursday 30th October 2003
| | Date: | Tue, 4 Nov 2003 04:40:27 -0000
| | From: | "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com>
| | Newsgroups: | uk.gov.local,uk.politics.electoral,wales.politics.general
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"Paul Leake" <paul@pinkstuff.publication.org.uk> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.56.0311021201400.11492@pinkstuff.publication.org.uk...
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Lyn David Thomas wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:38:00 +0000, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Clydach WCC Vadre LD gain Lab
> > > LD 76; 42.5
> > > Lab 65; 36.3
> > > PC 38; 21.2
> > > Majority 11. Turnout 9%.
> > An all postal ballot by the way.....
>
> Did the Returning Officer require the standard witnessed declarations of
> identity be returned with the ballot papers? The big increases in turnout
> have been where these have been done away with.
And allowed one or more of the candidates to 'farm' the incompleted ballots.
All postal votes are a threat to the integrity of the electoral system, yet
it seems likely that we are going to have them forced upon us.
Gaz
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
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