Monday, March 15, 2010

Voting system rated not fit for purpose | UK news | The Guardian

Voting system rated not fit for purpose | UK news | The Guardian:

The official charged with ensuring the smooth running of this year's general election says that Britain's democratic system is 'not fit for purpose' and that it needs a radical redesign to drag it out of the 18th century.

Jenny Watson, chair of the Electoral Commission, said in a Guardian interview that the running of elections was still based on Victorian ideas about the way people live and needed a fundamental rethink. Online voting and flexible election schedules, including opening the polls for entire weekends, should be considered to make the system more relevant to 21st century life, she said.

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