" Hundreds Wiped Off Voter Rolls in GB"

[Wiley50]

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


Last Updated: Thursday, 5 May, 2005, 17:16 GMT 18:16 UK

Hundreds wiped off vote register
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.

A spokesman added that the full extent of the problem would not be known until an audit had been carried out.

The mistake was uncovered last Thursday but under election guidelines it was too late to resolve it before polling.

[raccoon]

1. sounds like a British Katherine Harris was at work nt

[blogbear]

2. Lets see now.. Vote 'irregularities' in the US, Taipei, Ukraine, and now

UK.. Must be contagious..

[ClassWarrior]

3. Lower income and ethnic, I'm guessing.

I'm betting the London bookies wouldn't take odds on that.

NGU.

[Peace Patriot]

4. Gee, they let them have audits there? n/t

[flordehinojos]

5. clerical error, MY FOOT !

[Double T]

6. Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned By The Bush Administration.........

.....School Of Stealing Elections.

[DrDebug]

7. New postal vote safeguards urged

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.

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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.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4520893.stm

Britian works a lot faster it seems :rolleyes: