The countdown begins
In 100 days, voting for the by-election will close. As we pointed out earlier, nominations won't officially open till 25 November, closing the day before Christmas eve (23 December). Candidates then have till noon on 11 February to win votes from a populace who'll be more concerned with stuffing turkeys (and stuffing themselves with turkey), convincing the in-laws to go home, packing the car for the holidays, obliterating all recollection of this year on New Years eve, remembering where they left the sunblock, heading to the beach and immediately wishing they hadn't eaten quite so much trifle.
Meanwhile 230 votes have so far been recorded in answer to our poll question: "Who would make the best candidate in the forthcoming by election?". Current results are:
1st equal Jodie Dalgleish and John Martin both on 29% (66 votes each)
2nd Carla Donson 14% (33 votes)
3rd Bob Walker 8% (18 votes)
4th Graeme Adams 4% (9 votes)
5th equal Ken Mair, Ross Mitchell-Anyon and Alan Taylor all on 3% (7 votes each)
6th Rob Vinsen 3% (6 votes)
7th Margaret Campion 1% (3 votes)
8th equal Richard Moore, Stephen Palmer and Chas Poynter, all on 1% (2 votes each)
9th Jill Pettis gets 1 vote
10th Judith Timpany with nil votes
It's to be hoped that candidates don't leave their nominations till the last minute, as most people will at least be capable of paying some attention between the end of November and the latter weeks of December.
As soon as people announce their intention to nominate, we'll commence a new rolling poll, resetting the voting numbers to zero every few weeks so we can chart shifting support.
And a reminder to candidates (of all persuasions) - LawsWatch will profile you on a special site, in your own words, for free, and without comment (from us - comments will still be open for visitors). For details, email us at lawswatch-at-hotmail-dot-com.
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3 comments:
Pity there's no way to protect against multiple voting.
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Pity there's no way to protect against multiple voting.
The (free) polling service we use protects against multiple voting by using cookies (small, harmless text files that are deposited on a user's hard drive when they visit most internet sites.
The cookie we use will prevent a visitor returning and casting another vote for a set number of days (365 for most of our polls).
However, for the determined vote-rigger with sufficient technical nous, it's simply a matter of erasing the particular cookie (or even more simply, erasing them all) before casting each vote.
So, in short, multiple voting can't be accidental - it must be a deliberate attempt to rort the poll.
Unfortunately, every alternative involves some form of registration, which then breaches our promise of anonymity to blog visitors.
First time I've heard four clicks described as "technical nous"
;)
Let's hope the more incontinent among us restrain themselves this time. After all, this info could be useful to all sides.
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