Facebook REJECTS my post - email evidence from the UKs Electoral Commission saying it has been reported as SPAM: I have to warn Scotland in regards to the voting tools - when I went to vote in the EU elections that Mr Farage was part of, there were only pencils to put down my vote. My complaint and it and evidence can be found below: From: Alexander Chafey Date: 3 July 2014 14:01 Subject: Ewa Sobolewska - offences and fraud - 03/07/14 To: XXX Dear Ewa Thank you for your email to the Electoral Commission. The Commission is not responsible for making or amending electoral law so does not have the power to prescribe which writing device should be used. I reiterate the point made by Andrew Scallan in his letter that whether a pen or pencil is used does not affect the likelihood of fraud occurring, as one can be erased and the other can be crossed out. What prevents fraud is the integrity of the process; so, casting a vote in a sealed ballot box which is opened in front of observers, then counted in a transparent way. If you still believe the means of marking a ballot should be prescribed you should contact the Cabinet Office, who make and amend electoral law in the UK. Electoral fraud in the UK is the responsibility of the police to investigate. Every police force has a single point of contact responsible for investigating election offences. Returning Officers and Electoral Registration Officers play a role in looking out for fraud, but they would then refer any allegations to police for investigation. Any members of the public with allegations of electoral fraud should report these to the police. For more information on electoral fraud, read our report, Electoral Fraud in the UK, from January this year. This includes recommendations for future elections. As we only deal with elections within the UK, I am unable to give you information on electoral fraud in the EU in general. However we do administer European Parliamentary elections within the UK. We will be publishing our post-election report later this month which will include information on allegations of electoral fraud from May’s elections. Please let me know if you require any further information. Kind regards Alexander Chafey Public Information Assistant The Electoral Commission 3 Bunhill Row London EC1Y 8YZ Tel: 020 7271 0633 Fax: 020 7271 0505 electoralcommission.org.uk aboutmyvote.co.uk Democracy matters P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Ewa Sobolewska XXX Sent: 02 July 2014 12:38 To: info_inbox; [email protected]; Ambasada Polska Sergiusz Wolski; [email protected]; Euro-Ombudsman; KomisjaEuropejska .; Foster, Don (2nd Mailbox); Phso Enquiries Subject: Concerns about the EU electoral crime/fraud in the UK Ewa Sobolewska, XXX 02 July 2014, by email only EU Parliament, President Martin Schulz EU OMBUDSMAN EU Commission, Ms Agnieszka Lapacz, Warsaw, Poland MP Don Foster, Bath, UK Concerns about EU electoral crime/fraud Dear Sirs 1 The UKs procedures make it very easy to commit an EU election crime/fraud. 2 I attach a letter from the Director of the UKs Electoral Administration, Mr Andrew Scallan: The use of a pen or pencil when completing the ballot paper is not specified in legislation. 3 I would like to report this as a very irresponsible and unacceptable situation and that the writing devices should be authorised, the same and fixed all over the UK. 4 I would like to ask kindly for more information on who is responsible for preventing and detecting electoral fraud on the UK’s and EU’s level. 5 I would like to ask kindly for more information on recent review of electoral fraud on both - the UK’s and EU’s level as well as in regards to any recommendations for future elections. Yours sincerely, Ewa Sobolewska
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:32:30 +0000