Seven Welsh Councils Want to End All-Night General Election Counts ; Support Grows to Preserve an Exciting Tradition
Western Mail › September 10, 2009
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ROSETTES, ballot boxes, and obscenely late nights are three of the most enduring features of general elections.
But one of those could be consigned to history by a worrying new development being considered by a series of councils - counting votes on a Friday.See the full content of this document
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Seven Welsh Councils Want to End All-Night General Election Counts ; Support Grows to Preserve an Exciting Tradition
The change would mean full results for general elections would not be known until the start of the weekend, rendering the all- night vigils of seasoned poll watchers useless.
After a cross-party campaign w...See the full content of this document
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