Comments on: Postal voting is clearly not up to the job http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/04/28/postal-voting-is-clearly-not-up-to-the-job/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/04/28/postal-voting-is-clearly-not-up-to-the-job/#comment-2078 Letters From A Tory Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:42:28 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-2078 An interesting prospect. Might rattle a few political cages.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2078','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2078','Letters From A Tory','An interesting prospect. Might rattle a few political cages.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> An interesting prospect. Might rattle a few political cages.
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]]> By: Candid http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/04/28/postal-voting-is-clearly-not-up-to-the-job/#comment-2077 Candid Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:26:43 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-2077 It would be much more controllable if our democratic government actually brought in a democratic bill to say that if you don't pay tax you don't get a vote (exception for being in full time education). Leaving much more manageable numbers of voters and most likely weeding out many of the ones that like to try and de-fraud the system!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2077','Candid'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2077','Candid','It would be much more controllable if our democratic government actually brought in a democratic bill to say that if you don\'t pay tax you don\'t get a vote (exception for being in full time education). Leaving much more manageable numbers of voters and most likely weeding out many of the ones that like to try and de-fraud the system!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> It would be much more controllable if our democratic government actually brought in a democratic bill to say that if you don’t pay tax you don’t get a vote (exception for being in full time education). Leaving much more manageable numbers of voters and most likely weeding out many of the ones that like to try and de-fraud the system!
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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/04/28/postal-voting-is-clearly-not-up-to-the-job/#comment-2076 Letters From A Tory Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:41:42 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-2076 It is astonishing to me that people ever thought postal voting was secure. You get the form from the local council, you write down the names of whoever you want to claim lives at your address, get sent forms for all of them, and return them with a forged signature.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2076','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2076','Letters From A Tory','It is astonishing to me that people ever thought postal voting was secure. You get the form from the local council, you write down the names of whoever you want to claim lives at your address, get sent forms for all of them, and return them with a forged signature.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> It is astonishing to me that people ever thought postal voting was secure. You get the form from the local council, you write down the names of whoever you want to claim lives at your address, get sent forms for all of them, and return them with a forged signature.
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]]> By: Blue Eyes http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/04/28/postal-voting-is-clearly-not-up-to-the-job/#comment-2075 Blue Eyes Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:57:59 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-2075 I agree with all of that. I think that proxy voting is a much more open and honest way of giving people who are away or infirm the opportunity to cast their vote and could be subject to much stricter control.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2075','Blue Eyes'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2075','Blue Eyes','I agree with all of that. I think that proxy voting is a much more open and honest way of giving people who are away or infirm the opportunity to cast their vote and could be subject to much stricter control.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I agree with all of that. I think that proxy voting is a much more open and honest way of giving people who are away or infirm the opportunity to cast their vote and could be subject to much stricter control.
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