I think one has to also examine the fact that this is and has been a stable
country for hundreds of years in comparision with others.
The other point that there are no DPA implications as all the activities in
this area are prescribed by the Representation of the Peoples Acts.
The control of the the used voting papers is mandated by statutory
instruments and government regulations.
Are you saying you have no faith in the manner these affairs have always
been handled. Please cite any instances where the electoral system has let
you down.
You should be far more worried by Extreme governments being able to get at
any DNA records and decide that you as an individual are too likely to cost
the NHS too much money and therefore to prevent all this decease and cost
and to save you the pain that the future years may bring , they will
eleiminate you now.
roger glover
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Cashmore [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 07 June 2001 14:29
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Voting
>
> This has been one of my greatest sources of annoyance ever since I have
> been
> able to vote, which was some years before DPA 1984. We pride ourselves in
> this country on our democracy and the "privacy" of the polling booth, and
> yet every ballot paper has a unique identifier on it which links back to
> your personal entry on the list of electors. And all of that information
> is
> kept, by statute, for (I believe) 100 years!
>
> It would be perfectly possibly for an "extreme" government to sift through
> this and identify individuals who had voted for the "other lot". It would
> certainly be a labour intensive task, but the kind of government that
> would
> wish to do that in the first place is unlikely to be deterred by the
> effort
> involved.
>
> And all of that before we consider the DPA implications...
>
>
> Stuart Cashmore
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