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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElection candidate who got no votes demands recount because he picked himself
http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/election-candidate-who-got-no-votes-demands-recount-because-he-picked-himself/story-fnh81p7g-1227357411146AN embarrassed candidate who got no votes at the UKs local elections is demanding a recount because he knows he should have at least one.
Paul Dennis, who stood for the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition in Rainham North, Kent, insisted the result was wrong because he had definitely voted for himself.
Mr Dennis, a train conductor, said his wife and father had pledged their support too, The Mirror reported.
The 45-year-old was left humiliated when the room burst into laughter after his result was read out at the Medway Council elections on May 7.
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Election candidate who got no votes demands recount because he picked himself (Original Post)
LiberalArkie
May 2015
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. Well then he proved his point: there should be a recount.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)2. Unless he really didn't vote for himself.
Nay
(12,051 posts)3. Exactly. They should wonder where that vote is and stop laughing. nt
MH1
(17,537 posts)4. Every other losing candidate should stop laughing too
Especially whoever came in second.
It shows a lack of critical thinking skills on the part of those who laughed.
Unless it is already known that a sincere candidate was unable to vote for some reason (say, hit by a bus on election day), the reading out of a "zero" vote should probably draw stunned silence rather than laughter.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)5. Maybe Karl Rove is working down under
Pakid
(478 posts)6. Must be the UK
is now using the same voting machines that we are using.