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Originally Posted by joeysteele
Hmm I don't know Livia.
I know when I've been at a count I've noticed votes that hadn't a cross.
Which were discounted.
There was a ballot paper too where a cross was more in the Conservative candidates box, with a smaller part of the cross in the box below him.
It was discounted.
As you point out it will depend on the returning officer.
Personally, I wouldn't accept a single ballot paper that had more than a cross on it.
It's simple enough to do, just put even the smallest or largest cross beside a candidates name.
Anything else should warrant it being a vote thrown out and wasted by the voter.
I agree though,if the returning officer included this one,.that's his or her right.
To me however and I think as to the rules of voting, it's wrong.
Even moreso in a tight contest as this one appears to have been.
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Well, that's more than one mark on the paper. The penis that was drawn on the paper I was talking about was a single mark, next to the Conservative candidate and I argued it was a clear vote, no other mark existed anywhere so the intention must have been there. You know what it's like when you're scrabbling around for every vote, and it's reeeeeally tight... you'll fight for every vote you can.
I have to say I've met returning officers I wouldn't have tried that on though.