Concerns over Bristol mayor ballot box security & count delay

category bristol | local government | news report author Saturday May 05, 2012 00:06author by Tony Gosling Report this post to the editors

The ‘Yes’ campaign won a majority on about 5000 votes but concerns raised about why the ballot boxes were kept overnight in a highly political private business premises, Bristol City Football Club owned by long time critic of Bristol City Council Stephen Lansdown giving him and his colleagues to possibility of interfering in the electoral process overnight. Former slave traders 'The Merchant Venturers', local paper 'The Post' and the business community of Bristol annoint Architect and Merchant Venturer, George Ferguson, as their favoured candidate for mayor in November 2012. 
http://bcfm.org.uk/2012/05/04/17/friday-drivetime-69/16899

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Conspiracy pie     @rchie    Sat May 05, 2012 16:55 
   Meaningless     CHucky    Sat May 05, 2012 18:00 
   what were they thinking of?     Craig    Sun Jul 22, 2012 01:48 


 
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