tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-25191908456041573102008-03-18T20:18:00.000Z2008-03-18T20:18:00.000ZIt just gets worse for Labour.<BR/><BR/>18th March 2008<BR/><BR/>West Yorkshire – A local Council candidate has filed an injunction against a Council Chief Executive (as Returning Officer) and the Local Council to prohibit the use of Postal Votes in the upcoming Local Council Elections to be held on May 1st 2008.<BR/><BR/>The injunction was filed under The Human Rights Act 1998: Article Three of the First Protocol: The Right to free and fair elections:<BR/> <BR/>While such cases would usually require an Application for a Judicial Review the claim for the injunction has been issued and transferred by the Judge to a second larger Court where a Direction Hearing will be scheduled possibly as early as next week, the Court is to serve the Chief Executive directly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com