I stumbled across a blog post by the London-based Tory blogger Iain Dale from 3rd May 2007. He highlights an article from that day’s Independent by Andy McSmith on Labour’s campaign for the Scottish parliament elections held that day, which…
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Scottish Labour’s Postal Vote Sampling in 2007: Acceptable in the Noughties?
Posted in postal voting Tagged with: 2007 Scottish parliament election, andy mcsmith, iain dale, postal vote counting, scottish labour, the independent
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Timing of Postal Vote Openings
Prior to 2001 the sampling of postal votes in elections was of little value to candidates and their agents because the number of postal votes was low and the envelopes were opened only shortly before the count, giving them little…
Posted in postal voting Tagged with: john mcternan, postal vote counting, scottish independence referendum
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Why was the Electoral Commission report so uncritical of the conduct of the Referendum?
In December the Electoral Commission gave the conduct of the Scottish Independence Referendum a glowing endorsement. In the foreword to their review John McCormick, Electoral Commissioner for Scotland, states ” I am pleased to report that the referendum was well run”.…
Posted in postal voting Tagged with: electoral commission, postal vote counting, scottish independence referendum
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