tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post8854751923894119120..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Barnet's Election Day Shambles: Issues, Events, A Positive Step, and A JourneyMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-13959580646913493712016-06-21T10:27:50.375+01:002016-06-21T10:27:50.375+01:00I forgot to add that one resident was reportedly t...I forgot to add that one resident was reportedly told last week by a member of the council's electoral department that in the absence of a polling card she should bring her passport to the polling station to enable her to vote. This is of course complete nonsense: you do not need proof of identity, but you must be on the (right) register.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-31076612204773659432016-06-21T10:25:03.540+01:002016-06-21T10:25:03.540+01:00Niall: if that is the case, and your details were ...Niall: if that is the case, and your details were received before the deadline, I would recommend that you immediately contact the Returning Officer, ie acting Barnet CEO John Hooton, and make a complaint - his email address is john.hooton@barnet.gov.uk ... You may also want to consider contacting the Electoral Commission. <br /><br />I have to say that I have heard of several cases of problems with postal votes, polling cards etc, and it will be utterly unacceptable if yet again Barnet has failed to deal efficiently with its electoral responsibilities - but hardly surprising in view of the decision to go ahead with running the Referendum on the basis of a 22 page report whose scope was so limited.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-89633452519876490252016-06-20T18:16:59.391+01:002016-06-20T18:16:59.391+01:00I registered to vote on the 6th of June with a vie...I registered to vote on the 6th of June with a view to voting in the referendum prior to the deadline of June 9th. <br /><br />I received a letter today, dated 17th of June, stating I would not be added to the register until July 1st. <br /><br />Is that even legal?Niallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-77715233966992350402016-06-05T23:29:32.917+01:002016-06-05T23:29:32.917+01:00You may well have been the only one on the registe...You may well have been the only one on the register! <br /><br />As the former Chair of Audit, you are sorely missed: it was the one committee which showed any commitment to the role of scrutiny. To have replaced an opposition member as Chair with one from the Tory group was inexcusable.<br /><br />The decision to address the election day shambles with an inquiry of such limited scope is part of the same culture of cynicism that has this borough in its merciless grip.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-87832072395187815232016-06-05T22:17:58.748+01:002016-06-05T22:17:58.748+01:00Nothing changes
Thanks for the mention
I voted in ...Nothing changes<br />Thanks for the mention<br />I voted in person at7am and seemed to be one of the few on the Register<br />As a former Chair of Audit Committee I would have had the officers up before the committee<br />Barnet is a disgrace <br />Lord Monroe Palmer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-1926653298719595402016-06-05T11:50:20.945+01:002016-06-05T11:50:20.945+01:00'A Reader' has emailed the following comme...'A Reader' has emailed the following comment:<br /><br />"Childish of me, but I was amused by the paragraph in the conclusions in which Mr H emphasises the need for attention to detail (you know: check, check and check again).<br /><br />11.5 Attention to detail is critical to good electoral administration. The recommendations which I make relating to a comprehensive review include reference to operating practices and compliance. In my view, this needs to needs to be implemented to ensure that the Council and its officers are not exposed to similar problems in the future and that the electoral system in Barnet operates with the rigour which the electorate are entitled to take as a given.<br /><br />'Needs to needs to be'?<br /><br />Mr Heath should know there is a thing called proof-reading - a simple system of checking to detect errors like that. Still, mistakes are made by human beings, and I wish him well on his journey, whatever the hell that is ... "Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-81766433448442233002016-06-04T10:42:15.138+01:002016-06-04T10:42:15.138+01:00I strongly recommend, Anon, that your friend make ...I strongly recommend, Anon, that your friend make an urgent complaint in regard to her postal vote. Don't bother speaking to the electoral department: email the acting Chief Executive, who is now the Returning Officer. Or get your local councillor to sort this out.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-78490868661284923032016-06-03T21:21:22.189+01:002016-06-03T21:21:22.189+01:00Mrs A. I can assure you that the same fiasco is ag...Mrs A. I can assure you that the same fiasco is again unfolding before our very eyes, speaking to a friend of mine who was one of those people who was Robbed of her postal vote & given the most crap response! & so to my conversation tonight with the same lady , she has again requested another postal vote & instead recieving a polling card ringing the switch board & explaining that she had requested a postal vote . The operator said the polling card would not be valid! My Lady friend then said But I haven't received my postal vote ? Well looks like she again will lose her right to vote , oh well shouldn't complain it could upset our massively over paid underworked capita chosen ones !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com