I attended the count, as a candidate, for the council elections in May this year and was struck how civilised it all was.
One thing which did come to sight was that every table had a Labour party supporter trying to read the votes as they were sorted: not too hard to do if you know the candidates position on the poll ticket. They then made a mark for every Labour vote they had spotted, on a piece of paper.
Why, I wonder? The results were announced, with the number of votes of course, within a couple of hours or so.
What could possibly be gained from this practice?
(I came second to a long standing Labour County councillor, although at one time the piles of counted votes were pretty even - until the postal votes thundered in!)
Last edited by: Roger on Thu 3 Oct 13 at 23:28
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