Hundreds in W. London could not vote due to clerical error

[MissWaverly]

Hundreds of people in west London have been prevented from voting in the general election by a clerical error.

Hounslow Council said several hundred people could be affected after names were deleted from the electoral register in two constituencies.

I forgot to report that they are very SORRY that this happened and plan to apologize, nothing like a SINCERE apology to help the democratic process.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4518189.stm

[yellowcanine]

1. Hmm - Have Jebbie and Kate been hanging out in West London?

Sounds like the Florida Fix is on in England.

[MissWaverly]

2. quick scan shots of the poll workers

see if Fraudwell is checking for the weight of the paper for registration forms

[blogbear]

3. Don't the Brits catch on fast? Too busy 'Keeping up appearances'?

[MissWaverly]

4. it's 2004 deja vu

for those who missed the rigged election in 04
tune in to the BBC UK

[Horse with no Name]

5. Election fraud

Brought to you SOON in a democracy near you!

This ad stolen by the * cabal

[flordehinojos]

6. clerical error my foot! more like lessons learned from the POPPY AND SONS

Book On How To Steal Elections.

[MissWaverly]

7. totally agree

I saw on the news that Blair's lead is only 4%, what if those hundreds of people had been able to vote?

[dsc]

9. Then his lead would still be 4%

Britian has over 60 million people. The turnout was around 50% which leaves 30 million. One percent of 30 million is 30,000 with one percent of that being 300. Thus one one hundredth of one percent of the electorate would be 300 people.

[MissWaverly]

10. there had to be a reason for suppresing these votes

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Labour majorities in the 2 constituencies:

6,820
4,411

So they would have had to take several thousand, not hundreds, off to affect the result. It could just be a simple cockup.

[MissWaverly]

13. you are probably right

[DrDebug]

8. Have some faith. About the postal vote problems

Election watchdogs have demanded new safeguards to prevent postal voting fraud which they say has undermined confidence in the electoral system.

Electoral Commission chairman Sam Younger called for voter registration to be improved by people being asked to produce a signature and an address.

The Lib Dems are considering a legal challenge to results in Birmingham Ladywood where they lost to Labour.

(...)

Although he (Lib Dems) conceded the alleged irregularities would have made no difference to the poll, he said the party was considering a challenge - which would have to be lodged in the High Court within 21 days.
(...)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4520893.stm

Unlike the US they have challenged on the first day...

[MissWaverly]

11. I hope they challenge, something is amiss here