Moments of Permanence - Category: How Is This Even Possible

From: susanreads Date: May 7th, 2010 07:33 pm (UTC) (Link)

It isn't hard, for anybody, if you switch your brain on. bollocks! Anybody who lives within walking distance of a polling station, is not disabled, doesn't have responsibility for children who aren't going to school yet, and doesn't have to be at work, maybe. From (getting home from your commute) to (10 o'clock) isn't that long when you notice that some people were queuing for hours and still didn't get in. Also, some polling stations ran out of ballots.

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From: marymac Date: May 7th, 2010 09:12 pm (UTC) (Link)

Sorry, wasn't clear - was aiming that at the polling stations, not voters, except for the shocked -at-the-closing-time part (the rule's been there for a long time, they advertise it, this is not the bit of this fiasco that people should be shocked by).

They had seven weeks notice of who is registered where and how many people and ballots they needed. The Electoral Commission is going to hammer them, they'll have to pay out horrifying amounts of money in compensations and I'll be amazed if we don't get by-elections. Mind you, given some of the rest of what's come out, it could get much worse. Sheffield Hallam is a disaster area.

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