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4 Jul 2014

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It’s official: MILLIONS of missing voters is an omnishambles of the first order

In fact, as I write, there is a Parliamentary Select Committee grilling the Electoral Commission on Voter Engagement in the UK – MILLIONS of voters appear to have been missed due to changes being made to how voters are registered – how convenient as many of these voters will be those who might vote for minority parties and it could drastically affect the results of the next General Election.

Write to Chris Ruane, MP  for Vale of Clwyd, if you want to tell this commission what you think – he’s the MP who seems to have a total grip on exactly what a scandal this is.

Currently they are talking about the performance of Electoral Registration Officers.

Fabian Hamilton, MP for Leeds North is also asking some very pertinent questions on this aspect of the scandal.  Apparently, it is the responsibility of EROs to arrange house to house visits and some 6% of local authorities are not doing this as some lack skills and capacity and because they don’t understand the law!   They are even talking about a “special measures” scenario for such situations …

http://www.chrisruane.org/

http://www.leedsne.co.uk/contact_information

There is a way(apparently) of highlighting where Electoral Registration Officers are underperforming!

They are also covering electoral fraud:  30% of people believe that fraud is taking place.  Phil Thompson, Research and Evaluation Manager of the Electoral Commission says it is hard to find the true figure … er, but that’s his job!  There are 16 local authorities which are “at risk” and most likely to happen at local government elections usually in specific wards.

Hello, EDDC Electoral Registration Officer (Mark Williams, solicitor and CEO?).

 

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  1. Well done to the reader who asked a Freedom of Information request about this of East Denon District Council (see below).

    I’ve double-checked the lavish colour propaganda brochure from the council which was distributed to every household a few weeks ago. There are bonny publicity shots of Mr Diviani and Mrs Parr, and even news of the “East Devon App”.

    But nothing, ne rien, about registration for voting …. so that’s one good publicity opportunity for this vital issue flushed down the drain. Good work, Mr Williams.

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