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The missing 6,000 voters: EDDC responds

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Questions-raised-East-Devon-Council-8217-s/story-21343435-detail/story.html

Question: the number of electors was stable in 2011, 2012 and 2013 at around 104,000 then it plummeted this year by 6,000.  EDDC was supposed to arrange to physically visit properties which had not registered but someone made the decision not to do so.  Who? Why?  Where is this decision documented?

EDDC makes light of the fact that it is named by the Electoral Commission as in the bottom 6% of councils for registration.  Were councillors aware of this before the May 2015 European elections?  If not, why not?  If so, why was there no call for this to be remedied before that election?

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Date for court hearing on Knowle secrecy set – 28 August 2014 at Exeter Magistrates Court at 10 am

EA/2014/0072 East Devon District Council v IC & Jeremy Woodward

The oral hearing in the above case has been rearranged for 28 August 2014 at Court 3, Exeter Magistrates Court, Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LS.

The hearing has been listed for half a day and will begin at 10am.

The details of the hearing will be uploaded to the Tribunal’s website over the next couple of weeks (it’s hard to say when exactly as the website is managed by a separate office), in the meantime you are welcome to share the details of the hearing with anyone who is interested to know.

Observers of the heating are also welcomed – all GRC hearings are open to the public (and press) as a matter of course. The judge may direct a ‘closed session’ (in which the disputed information is discussed) but would simply ask any observers etc. to leave the court room for the duration of this.

For background information on this important First Tier Tribunal case which pits EDDC’s intention to keep all documemts regarding Knowle development secret against our right to know what is being done with our money see our earlier post:

http://eastdevonalliance.org/2014/05/27/eddc-knowle-relocation-secrecy-important-update/comment-page-1/