Thanks to all ORG Election Observers!
A huge thanks to everyone who devoted their day to democracy last week, and joined the Open Rights Group Election Watch 2008. Over the next month, we’ll be compiling a report of what we saw at the elections, and specifically at the electronic count of 7 million ballot papers in Alexandra Palace, ExCel and Olympia on 2 May.
Writing the report will involve collating the findings of our nearly 30-strong team of volunteer observers, each of whom was officially accredited by the Electoral Commission. We’ll also be undertaking detailed analysis of rejected ballot figures, and sifting through reports commissioned by London Elects from KPMG and Deloitte on the software and hardware used at the electronic count, and on London Elect’s business continuity processes. We expect to publish our final report in mid-June. Watch this space!
May 7th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Hi,
Following the problems with postal voting in the midlands over the last couple of years I became less than convinced about the probity of our electoral system, something I had always taken as read. I would like to say thanks too for the efforts your volunteers made to oversee recent counts. I t really is important that mebers of the voting public should have absolute faith in the system