tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post6101359690134783297..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Electoral Commission - Is It Fit for Purpose?subrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-63863181494765158632010-02-23T23:32:23.056+00:002010-02-23T23:32:23.056+00:00Tom, I've been looking for info I kept about t...Tom, I've been looking for info I kept about the Glenrothes registers and can't find it but my memory isn't that bad. Labour weren't interested in finding the marked registers although I believe they are or have been rebuilt.<br /><br />As for postal votes, when I did the research for this post I was astonished how many labour councils had been affected by complaints. Have you any defence?subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-80537261924240074202010-02-23T23:29:25.916+00:002010-02-23T23:29:25.916+00:00Stephen, that's the point. The EC may observe...Stephen, that's the point. The EC may observe but is that a deterrent to fraud? It wouldn't appear to be so.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-72677986989982239422010-02-23T22:56:11.430+00:002010-02-23T22:56:11.430+00:00"labour has a poor record concerning postal v..."labour has a poor record concerning postal votes and marked registers"<br /><br />Really? What, exactly, was the Labour Party's role and responsibility in safeguarding the marked register from the Glenrothes by-election?Tom Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558668466362429378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-27241509273322776682010-02-23T22:45:38.284+00:002010-02-23T22:45:38.284+00:00Quiet Man I believe you are getting the Boundary C...Quiet Man I believe you are getting the Boundary Commission mixed up with the Electoral Commission. The former looks are the constituecies the later looks at procedures relating to the count etc.<br /><br />I would tend to agree with you, though the EC do commission reports which are useful tools as well as merely slaps on the wrists. When they do find something needs to be dealt with they can only recommend, not reprimand or punish, so maybe there should be more bite given to them. <br /><br />That said the ultimate control of elections should I believe always be in the hands of the local returning officers. Under the observation of the political parties and the Electoral CommissionStephen Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027718551675624433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-31860307440105884852010-02-23T22:29:25.035+00:002010-02-23T22:29:25.035+00:00I really don't see why it exists WFW. You'...I really don't see why it exists WFW. You're right, another quango which should be closed. (I'm being polite).subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-72974303306845828512010-02-23T22:28:09.853+00:002010-02-23T22:28:09.853+00:00Maybe you could tell just one Mark. Then again, i...Maybe you could tell just one Mark. Then again, it's not good for anyone's blood pressure knowing how ineffective this setup is.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-23428987323014879292010-02-23T22:26:31.529+00:002010-02-23T22:26:31.529+00:00It's an organisation which doesn't appear ...It's an organisation which doesn't appear to have any power yet it spends millions on investigations and reports QM.<br /><br />I didn't know about the tory/labour constituency sizes. How very labour.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-83008789732257308652010-02-23T22:13:10.287+00:002010-02-23T22:13:10.287+00:00Personally El Comm (to coin MW's phrase) shoul...Personally El Comm (to coin MW's phrase) should be subject to the 'wall and AK47' treatment!Witterings from Witneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349563961787006775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-70079853316238302672010-02-23T21:22:51.387+00:002010-02-23T21:22:51.387+00:00I could tell you a load of horror stories about El...I could tell you a load of horror stories about El Comm, but...Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-24781994316410541352010-02-23T20:59:07.860+00:002010-02-23T20:59:07.860+00:00The Electoral Commission in England are also respo...The Electoral Commission in England are also responsible for the inbuilt bias for Labour throughout the constituencies here. That's why the conservatives need 10% more votes to simply break even down here because their constituencies are smaller than the Tory ones.<br />Whilst I wouldn't say the Electoral Commission are corrupt they have a tendency not to try and upset the status quo to all our (save Labour's) regrets.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.com