tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post6274942978324658460..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: Time to stop the postal vote?Quiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-73255269224781281802014-06-15T22:44:35.310+01:002014-06-15T22:44:35.310+01:00There should be no postal votes at all I'm afr...There should be no postal votes at all I'm afraid.<br />Our democracy depends on the secret ballot. That means voters must not be able to demonstrate, to anyone, how they voted.<br /><br />MontyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-52694056908537354702014-06-15T21:59:51.368+01:002014-06-15T21:59:51.368+01:00The other thing that needs bringing back is access...The other thing that needs bringing back is accessible electoral rolls.<br /><br />They used to be available for checking at libraries and main post offices but are now often hidden away in remote council office basements.<br /><br />Better still, get them all online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-6565365892942059172014-06-15T13:48:32.859+01:002014-06-15T13:48:32.859+01:00Totally agree with Pablo about compulsory voting. ...Totally agree with Pablo about compulsory voting. Been advocating it for years.<br /><br />I've had a bit of experience with postal voting having been involved in both issuing and counting same. It's quite an involved process and shouldn't be open to abuse unless there's some collusion from the people who issue/count same.<br /><br />I've also manned a polling station. The men with clipboards aren't allowed inside, but they are still a bloody nuisance.Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-28190977576288701802014-06-15T12:41:42.402+01:002014-06-15T12:41:42.402+01:00Voting ought to made compulsory but with an option...Voting ought to made compulsory but with an option on the ballot paper to abstain.<br />I took up the option of a postal vote because I was increasingly irked by the legions of people with clipboards waiting to pounce.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533957790112612344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-8773291704920306332014-06-15T11:31:55.122+01:002014-06-15T11:31:55.122+01:00Coming soon to the U.K voting followed by purple d...Coming soon to the U.K voting followed by purple dip.Bobonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-89033972180587101102014-06-15T10:49:10.338+01:002014-06-15T10:49:10.338+01:00Postal votes are important, but they are being abu...Postal votes are important, but they are being abused.<br />Postal votes should only be available to the elderly, disabled and those with metal health issues who find going out or being in public difficult, these votes should be reserved for these groups only and rigorously checked and enforced.<br />The problem is the abuse of the system by some sections of the community (as in tower hamlets)and those who seek to pervert the course of democracy for their own ends.<br />Considering the government is talking about allowing mobile phone voting I think postal votes are the least of our worries to be honest.<br />Electronic voting will be even more open to corruption and will sound the final death knell of democratic voting as we know it after all look how well electronic voting worked out in the US!!! Kath Lissendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040464740166167943noreply@blogger.com