The election
Sir,—One of the basic tenets of maintaining a democratic system of government is the right to vote by secret ballot, yet on election day, we all saw our numbered ballot papers. Public servants will surely deny emphatically any misuse of information available from the ballot papers of previous elecbut I find it hard to believe
that the electoral boundary changes over the last few years have been impartial. Note that Labour polled the most votes in 1981, yet lost the election on seats won, and the example of Mr Beetham’s loss this year due to a boundary change cannot be ignored. Perhaps we can accept coincidence to date, but to help maintain the integrity of our system and freedom of choice, we must have a secret vote. — Yours, etc A. R. ILLINGWORTH. July 18, 1984.
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