Comments on: Postal voting: police to get tough over Code of Conduct http://www.libdemvoice.org/postal-voting-code-of-conduct-18442.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tonygreaves http://www.libdemvoice.org/postal-voting-code-of-conduct-18442.html#comment-111663 tonygreaves Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:28:22 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18442#comment-111663 Well if you don't understand that, you don't understand how elections are corrupted by the manipulation of postal votes and blatant fraud that goes in many places. Including Burnley of course. I just wish the police would take these things seriously, particularly when the Labour Party are rigging elections. Tony Greaves Well if you don’t understand that, you don’t understand how elections are corrupted by the manipulation of postal votes and blatant fraud that goes in many places. Including Burnley of course.

I just wish the police would take these things seriously, particularly when the Labour Party are rigging elections.

Tony Greaves

]]> By: Peter1919 http://www.libdemvoice.org/postal-voting-code-of-conduct-18442.html#comment-111475 Peter1919 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:47:56 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18442#comment-111475 I must agree I don't understand what role the Police possibly have in an voluntary code. I must agree I don’t understand what role the Police possibly have in an voluntary code.

]]> By: Hywel http://www.libdemvoice.org/postal-voting-code-of-conduct-18442.html#comment-111452 Hywel Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:36:28 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18442#comment-111452 If I understand this correctly this is a very bad move for us to be backing. It sounds like the police will send official letters saying something like "We urge you to sign up to this code." If people aren't concerned by this applying to postal votes (where the end is one I wholly agree with) then imagine if the police responded to the issue of taking photographs in public places like this. Got a selection of photographers groups to draw up a code of acceptable conduct, and then wrote to all photographers asking them to sign up to it. I think most people in the party would react pretty strongly to that. The code of conduct restricts behaviour at election time. Whether I agree to that is a matter between me and my party. The police have no role in requiring compliance with arrangements which involve no breach of the law. If the law on postal votes needs tightening (and I think the answer to that is a pretty conclusive "YES") then that is a matter for Parliament not the police and electoral commission to invent new rules. If I understand this correctly this is a very bad move for us to be backing.

It sounds like the police will send official letters saying something like “We urge you to sign up to this code.”

If people aren’t concerned by this applying to postal votes (where the end is one I wholly agree with) then imagine if the police responded to the issue of taking photographs in public places like this. Got a selection of photographers groups to draw up a code of acceptable conduct, and then wrote to all photographers asking them to sign up to it.

I think most people in the party would react pretty strongly to that.

The code of conduct restricts behaviour at election time. Whether I agree to that is a matter between me and my party. The police have no role in requiring compliance with arrangements which involve no breach of the law.

If the law on postal votes needs tightening (and I think the answer to that is a pretty conclusive “YES”) then that is a matter for Parliament not the police and electoral commission to invent new rules.

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