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Electoral administration isn’t going quite as well as it should…

By Mark Pack | Sat 1st May 2010 - 11:20 am

First, the good news: all the reports so far indicated a strong surge in people registering just before the deadline earlier this month. The Independent has some further figures to add to earlier reports. Thankfully, Havering Council with its hostile approach to people using the Electoral Commission’s website seems to be very much the exception. Whilst its electoral division has called “ridiculous” the number of people registering at the last moment, other councils have welcomed the surge of interest rather than criticised it.

Then the not so good news…

Allegations of postal vote fraud: the scale of the allegations, …

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Posted in Election law | Also tagged electoral registration, haringey, havering council, kensington and chelsea, northern ireland, postal voting, preston and tower hamlets | 6 Comments

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