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[Steven P]

2 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Now local councils complaint they don’t have enough time to prepare for elections. They need to accept that no time is needed and they’ll be fighting a losing battle whatever they do 

 

I do wonder sometimes, surely they just roll out what they did the last time? And the time before, and the one before...

[petercb]

31 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

I do wonder sometimes, surely they just roll out what they did the last time? And the time before, and the one before...

In fairness to councils there is a hell of a lot of admin and organisation needed to run an election. I've worked for local councils many times on local and national elections as a Presiding Officer and on counts. It is a big operation even for local elections, yes a lot is carry over but new temporary staff have to be recruited, trained and security checked and often places used as polling stations are not available so suitable new ones needed. Printing schedules are tight as candidates need to be selected, nominated and vetted and that's only just started.