[EL] Election screw-up in one London borough

[John Tanner]

Cold comfort if you don't get a ballot

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> On May 6, 2016, at 8:30 AM, Edward Still <still at votelaw.com> wrote:
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> The Independent reports:
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> The London mayoral election started with an “absolute shambles” in one borough as voters were turned away from polling stations given incomplete electoral lists.
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> Hundreds of residents in Barnet said they were told they could not vote without their polling card, while some carrying the document said they were also refused.
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> Arjun Mittra, a Labour councillor for East Finchley ward, said the “logistical nightmare” affected every one of the borough’s 155 polling stations.
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> “Out of the seven people who came to my polling station in the first 10 minutes, only one was able to vote,” he told The Independent.
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