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Aren't we to believe that the hard-working in this country vote Tory? I'd p*ss meself if they were all Labour Marginal victories. Wonder what slaphead would make of that?
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"Polling stations were badly prepared for the number of people who turned up to vote" - quote on ITV about 2 mins agomummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:What's caused all this queuing then I wonder? Nobody's suggesting there's been some kind of unprecedented turnout are they?
Young people don't bring their polling cards with them (which is not a requirement anyway) - and so it has taken officials a lot longer to verify people's identity - allegedly - from Manchester Withington
So lots of people who turned up in plenty of time were made to queue for ages - and then turned away.
Scandalous as I said
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When does it stop being scandalousbw@bw wrote:"Polling stations were badly prepared for the number of people who turned up to vote" - quote on ITV about 2 mins agomummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:What's caused all this queuing then I wonder? Nobody's suggesting there's been some kind of unprecedented turnout are they?
Young people don't bring their polling cards with them (which is not a requirement anyway) - and so it has taken officials a lot longer to verify people's identity - allegedly - from Manchester Withington
So lots of people who turned up in plenty of time were made to queue for ages - and then turned away.
Scandalous as I said
Would it be scandalous if 10k turned up at 9.55?
No voting papers and different application of the rules is what concerns me
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It's deeply unsatisfactory - I can't believe the problem has been repeated in so many places when the turnout has been unremarkable, even if improved.
Makes me laugh hearing Harriet 'court of public opinion' Harman talk about legal challenges - what a relief to know that brains of her calibre are on the case.
Makes me laugh hearing Harriet 'court of public opinion' Harman talk about legal challenges - what a relief to know that brains of her calibre are on the case.
What's region got to do with it?farnworth scum wrote:I cant believe that northeners vote tory, they should be repatriated to kent or some such placefinlayson wrote:Bit disturbed at the percentage of people on here voting tory after what they did to our area of the country last time they were in!
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Well, maybe it should be. If we can be bothered, then so should anyone wanting to vote. That said, not enough ballot papers is a total joke. No, make the whole thing a total joke. Lists not updated, no ballot papers, people not allowed to vote and the amount of time the country has been preparing for this election. Vote for Punch and fcuking Judy would make more sense.bw@bw wrote:"Polling stations were badly prepared for the number of people who turned up to vote" - quote on ITV about 2 mins agomummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:What's caused all this queuing then I wonder? Nobody's suggesting there's been some kind of unprecedented turnout are they?
Young people don't bring their polling cards with them (which is not a requirement anyway) - and so it has taken officials a lot longer to verify people's identity - allegedly - from Manchester Withington
So lots of people who turned up in plenty of time were made to queue for ages - and then turned away.
Scandalous as I said
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Great. Then the Conservatives can drive home their financial advantage by pissing yet more money away on shit advertising.CAPSLOCK wrote:Can I be first
There'll be a re-run in 8 weeks
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In some parts of the country there have been queues for over 2 hours
And then the returning officer says - you should have turned up earlier.
As John Reid said on ITV - Pompous election Officials should do their job and not blame the public for teying to exercise their democratic rights.
I suspect there could be much more on this - some of the constituencies with problems have been very marginal - and if that swings the whole election there will be legal challenges - like Florida 2000
And then the returning officer says - you should have turned up earlier.
As John Reid said on ITV - Pompous election Officials should do their job and not blame the public for teying to exercise their democratic rights.
I suspect there could be much more on this - some of the constituencies with problems have been very marginal - and if that swings the whole election there will be legal challenges - like Florida 2000
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There's some attraction in that, but presumably in every election there has to be a cut off time?TANGODANCER wrote:Why, in the circumstances, can't an extra day be allowed to clear the voting problem up. Not likely it could take longer than that. It's only the country's future after all.
Like Caps says, it's the fact that nobody seems to know the fooking rules from place to place that is most worrying. And if you haven't got enough ballot papers to accommodate a few % rise in turnout then what hope is there?
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Just had some senior Electoral process woman on who said that the law is very simple. If your ballot paper hasn't gone in the box by 10.00pm then it doesn't go in.Bruce Rioja wrote:Yes. People haven't had plenty of time to vote, or anything like that. Are you fecking thick?!bw@bw wrote:Scandalous as I said
So "reasonable" decisions like letting people into the room & then vote after were illegal. The same where the doors were kept open a bit after 10.00pm because there were people queuing. Not the one's where doors were closed on people.
People queuing late because it was raining, because the queue's were long when they first came, because the processors were slow ... none of it matters. It's well enough understood in fecking X-Factor, so why it's difficult here I fail to see.
It's a different matter where the Electoral Roll's wrong (as claimed about Chester) ... & the reasons for that have to be investigated. It also has to be shown to be correct, by the way. Time will tell.
Also needing investigating is where there is said that there were too few Ballot Papers. That's staggering IF TRUE. Each Polling Centre should have precisely the same number of papers as names on the register.
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It might be on.
Early evidence of Lib Dem success in LD v Cons fights though, which is what I was worried about.
Early evidence of Lib Dem success in LD v Cons fights though, which is what I was worried about.
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