Comments on: Book review: British Electoral Facts http://www.libdemvoice.org/book-review-british-electoral-facts-17081.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Reckons http://www.libdemvoice.org/book-review-british-electoral-facts-17081.html#comment-103198 Mark Reckons Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:19 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=17081#comment-103198 Figures like the way ballot papers were spoilt in 1959 in Scotland and how many there were could be useful, especially in the context of how that figure may have changed over time (e.g. if more people are deliberately spoiling their ballot paper over time then that could add weight to the argument for a "none of the above" option on the ballot paper etc.). The point is having this data publicly available like this is great for political geeks and amateur psephologists like me to pore over. I might have to add this to my Christmas list now! Figures like the way ballot papers were spoilt in 1959 in Scotland and how many there were could be useful, especially in the context of how that figure may have changed over time (e.g. if more people are deliberately spoiling their ballot paper over time then that could add weight to the argument for a “none of the above” option on the ballot paper etc.).

The point is having this data publicly available like this is great for political geeks and amateur psephologists like me to pore over. I might have to add this to my Christmas list now!

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