Friday, August 01, 2008

I, Mark Valladares, still being the Returning Officer for...

...South East England European Region, hereby give notice of a recount, as required by Paragraph 5.3(g) of the European Selection Rules.

Yes, we've had a withdrawal, and a replacement candidate is required. Luckily, we had runners-up, so a recount will take place. In fairness, the 'excitement' will be further down the list, so don't get too aerated...

Once I have a result, I'll let you know...

4 comments:

Duncan Borrowman said...

Why can't the party be consistent?
For the GLA a drop out after the result just meant everybody shuffled up one.

Mark Valladares said...

Actually, Duncan, I agree with you on the consistency issue, but would suggest that London's method is less fair to voters. If their particular preferred option withdraws, they would probably prefer to see their next most preferred option get consideration rather than a mechanical process of merely promoting everyone below the withdrawing candidate by one place.

Another item for the London selection process review, methinks...

Duncan Borrowman said...

Indeed. I wasn't necessarily agreeing with the London process. In fact is there anything about the London process I agree with...

Mark Valladares said...

Jay,

Pardon? I'm confused...