Comments on: Tell me no secrets – Postal Voting http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2007/04/tell-me-no-secrets-postal-voting/ Blogging from Deep in Aberdeenshire. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:44:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fitaloon http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2007/04/tell-me-no-secrets-postal-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Fitaloon Wed, 02 May 2007 20:41:00 +0000 http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=307#comment-126 It is our <b>right</b> under the European Convention of Human rights to be able to vote at a secret election. You or I may be happy to disclose to others how we vote but others may be afraid to do so because of pressures within a community or any number of other factors, this is why the actual visit to the polling booth is important. If France can manage to get 85% of voters out surely we can too. It is our right under the European Convention of Human rights to be able to vote at a secret election. You or I may be happy to disclose to others how we vote but others may be afraid to do so because of pressures within a community or any number of other factors, this is why the actual visit to the polling booth is important. If France can manage to get 85% of voters out surely we can too.

]]> By: Womble http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2007/04/tell-me-no-secrets-postal-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Womble Wed, 02 May 2007 12:51:00 +0000 http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=307#comment-125 One of the big misconceptions about voting is that it is secret. It is not secret, and never has been. All ballot slips carry a unique number, and this can be used to matched it up to a name on the electoral roll, whether they were postal slips or those used at a polling station. The reason that they have these numbers is so that, in the case of an allegation of electoral fraud, the Returning Officer can apply to the court to have the slips investigated. However, they cannot be investigated without a court order.<br/><br/>I vote by post and I couldn't give a stuff if someone sees who I vote for, but I'm sure that the postie and the person at the town hall couldn't give a stuff who I vote for either. One of the big misconceptions about voting is that it is secret. It is not secret, and never has been. All ballot slips carry a unique number, and this can be used to matched it up to a name on the electoral roll, whether they were postal slips or those used at a polling station. The reason that they have these numbers is so that, in the case of an allegation of electoral fraud, the Returning Officer can apply to the court to have the slips investigated. However, they cannot be investigated without a court order.

I vote by post and I couldn’t give a stuff if someone sees who I vote for, but I’m sure that the postie and the person at the town hall couldn’t give a stuff who I vote for either.

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