tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-8265269758414998242008-03-20T23:15:00.000Z2008-03-20T23:15:00.000Z2008-03-20T23:15:00.000ZA candidate for Kirklees Metropolitan Council Local elections has filed an application for an injunction to prevent the Local Authority from issuing Postal Votes in the May 1st 2008 Local elections.<BR/><BR/>The Court has scheduled a "Directions on Application for Injunction" hearing to be held at Bradford Combined Court on March 28th at 10.00am.<BR/><BR/>The injunction which is being brought under the Human Rights Act 1998: Right to Free and Fair Elections, was filed on the 18th March, later the same day the Election Commissioner Judge Richard Mawrey QC sitting in London upon finding a Conservative Councillor guilty of Postal Vote fraud said that postal voting on demand was “lethal to the democratic process”.<BR/><BR/>The candidate Alan Girvan said "Whether you vote Labour, Lib-Dem, Conservative or BNP, or if you decide not to vote at all you should have the right to know your vote is your own private affair, I would rather have legitimate votes and lose than win by theft, fraud or deception.<BR/><BR/>"When the spending limits for a local election is £600 plus 5p for every local government elector it hardly seems fair that you may have to find an additional £3000 just to challenge fraudulent behaviour, in effect paying to apply the law " he added.<BR/><BR/>“We don’t enjoy the luxury of corporate or Union donors to bankroll this action, but when politicians make and break promises like they have with the EU Treaty and MP's just go on gorging at the public’s expense someone has to take a stand, and hopefully this may be the first small step in getting people to start standing up to and saying "enough. Councillor Auty and Councillor Exley have given me great support, if it ends up being just us fighting this then so be it”.<BR/><BR/>www.news-365.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com