Expensive counting machines necessary: bunkum!

There are many reasons being given in many places across the internet and print media why the British voter should not be voting Yes in the Referendum on the Voting System for the members of the House of Commons. However, one of them today caught my eye. On the Telegraph website, Daniel Hannan, has stated that AV IS EXPENSIVE Under AV we won’t be able to count ballot papers by hand on election night if we want a quick, decisive election result. Local councils will have to purchase electronic counting machines that are very expensive and prone to malfunction. However, … Continue reading Expensive counting machines necessary: bunkum!

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ERS bodges by numbers

As a child I learnt to paint by numbers, the Electoral Reform Society appears to have bodged by numbers. As some of you may know that I have been helping with the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign in Northern Ireland. We have an event this Saturday in Enniskillen where we are planning to have a sample of voters to ‘re-run the Westminster election in Fermanagh & South Tyrone’. In order to prepare the ballot papers for Saturday, I went to the Electoral Reform Society‘s website to find out what they would recommend a ballot paper to look like when using … Continue reading ERS bodges by numbers

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