Archive for postal voting
Norwich North by-election report undermines the case for Friday counting
Cross-posted from The Wardman Wire:
Although this summer’s Parliamentary by-election in Norwich North kicked off much subsequent debate about the alleged benefits of Friday (rather than Thursday night) counts after it was counted on a Friday, a close reading of the Electoral Commission’s report into the Norwich North by-election reveals that in fact the Norwich experience [...]
Slough Conservatives update: convictions upheld on appeal
An update on the tale of the six convicted for postal vote fraud in Slough, courtesy of the Maidenhead Advertiser:
A pair of election fraudsters jailed for the ghost vote scandal which rocked Slough politics have failed in an appeal against their convictions.
Tory candidate Raja Mohammed Eshaq Khan … admitted conspiracy to defraud and perjury at [...]
Tower Hamlets: Labour activist investigated over postal vote fraud
From the Evening Standard:
Police are investigating allegations of postal vote fraud by a London activist linked to one of Labour’s highest-profile parliamentary candidates.
The Met is examining an email in which Anisur Rahman, a Labour branch secretary in Tower Hamlets, admits “helping” a dozen voters fill in postal vote forms for the European elections.
Mr Rahman then [...]
Postal voting woes in West Sussex
Another tail of postal voting trouble; this time from West Sussex. In the Henfield ward ballot papers were printed and sent out to postal voters with the UKIP logo next to the Liberal Democrat candidate and with the Liberal Democrat logo against the Labour candidate. Corrected ballot papers have now been sent out.
UPDATE: Things also [...]
Postal vote printers mess up in Cornwall
Perhaps the most basic requirement for a local election ballot paper is to the list all the candidates up for election. A bit of a problem then that ballot papers have been going out in several parts of Cornwall with the bottom candidate missing - because the paper was cut in the wrong place by [...]
How not to do postal votes
All things considered, not the wisest of choices by the new Wiltshire Council to send out examples of how to complete your ballot paper which show someone voting Conservative:
A particularly odd decision given how common instructions are which show dummy party and candidate names.
Lib Dem cleared of postal vote fraud allegations
Welcome news from Birmingham regarding postal votes (not a phrase I’ve often typed…):
A former Liberal Democrat candidate has been cleared of forging 12 postal votes application forms.
It had been alleged that Mohammed Khan, who stood for election in the Nechells area in the 2006 local elections, was involved in the fraud in order to further [...]
