A “confusing” ballot paper is being blamed for more than 56,000 “spoilt” ballots in London’s mayoral election. With only half the votes counted, 56,358 first preference votes have been rejected – roughly 5% of the votes counted so far.
Mary Harpley, who as Greater London’s returning officer has been in charge of running the mayoral election, says she knows the system “can result in spoilt ballot papers”. But she says all Londoners were given an information booklet on how to vote.
But in case they voted wrong, the 5% margin of the “spoilt” ballots, most of them we assume are for the parties against the anointed darling of the globalists, the Muslim Mayor of London, the anti-Trumper Sadiq Khan!
These schemes of discarding opponents ballots together with additional 5% to 10% by voting counting software, are now set up and practiced in every nation, making fair elections impossible. But spitting in the face to the electoral and democratic will of the people at the ballot box will backfire spectacularly, since the proud nations will not much longer tolerate to be taken for extras and useful idiots in rigged elections.
A “confusing” ballot paper is being blamed for more than 56,000 rejected ballots in London’s mayoral election.
With only half the votes counted, 56,358 first preference votes have been rejected – roughly 5% of the votes counted so far.
That’s only about 500 short of the current record number of rejected ballots when about 3% were rejected in the contest of 2004.
So why might that be?
In London’s mayoral election, each voter can choose first and second preference for mayor.
And of this year’s rejected ballots so far, official figures show the vast majority of those – 47,091 – were rejected because too many votes were cast.
Professor Tony Travers, from the LSE department of government, says it’s known from previous elections that many people find picking two preferences confusing.
Mary Harpley, who as Greater London’s returning officer has been in charge of running the mayoral election, says she knows the system “can result in spoilt ballot papers”.
But she says all Londoners were given an information booklet on how to vote.
But in case they voted wrong, the 5% margin of rejected ballots, most of them we assume are for the parties against the annointed darling of the globalists, the Muslim Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan!
Find the latest results in London here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-57025971