Well, how would you suggest that electoral fraud be checked.
I cannot as an individual request for information whether you voted. But it
is clearly important that an election be audited and fraud checked against.
The normal procedure is to check the numbers of ballot papers counted in a
polling district against the the numbers issued. If there is more than a
minor discrepancy there would need to be an investigation.
Electoral parties are informed about such things, and there are various
procedures that are undertaken - I have been at a count representing a
political party.
If the discrepancy would not affect the result of the election then it is
unlikely that any political party would bother contesting the result.
But clearly major fraud is a matter for the Police.
Nick Landau
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----- Original Message -----
From: Hitches, John F
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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] UK Elections and Secrecy
Doreen Broom wrote
>Candidates may obtain lists of people who voted but this does not identify
who the person voted for.
I consider that to be my personal data and see no reason why anyone should
know whether I vote or not
John Hitches
Kingston University
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