Wednesday 13 May 2015

Willie vote in Chelmsford

Here's a very Essex take on the election from the Essex Chronicle. A Chelmsford voter drew a penis in the box besides Ukip candidate Mark Gough's name. The crude vote, from the Springfield North ward, sparked a lively debate about whether the penis was a comment or an actual vote for the candidate. The offending penis was flagged up as a doubtful vote and not allowed to stand, though Ukip candidate Gough joked, "He was trying to vote for me!" Perhaps the voter was just applying the term 'honourable member' rather too literally…

2 comments:

  1. And yet the Tory candidate in North Monmouthshire had the same thing but it was accepted as a vote:

    http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Voter-draws-penis-ballot-paper/story-26465025-detail/story.html

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  2. Clearly we need standard policy on penis votes! Thanks for the link...

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