following accusations by Labour that a Conservative team member was quoted by a blogger on the Daily Telegraph website giving details of postal vote counts prior to the election declaration.Other complaints have been filed alleging that the Council failed to distribute all polling cards on time and failed to provide adequate information on polling station locations on its website. And the blogosphere seems to be full of stories this morning alleging that Sikh youths are campaigning on-line against the Labour candidate and for the Conservative candidate, with suggestions that some of the comments made by these bloggers are in contravention of the law which prevents false statements being made against any election candidate.
It will be interesting to see what comes out when the result is declared and the dust has settled.
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