Very sceptical about this. That just looks to me like a list of things that were making the machines confused, rather than anything that was deemed by the returning officer to be 'spoiled'.
For instance, ticks instead of crosses were accepted, and I would have thought that Ys instead of Xs were as well. From what I've heard, even ones where there was a number which was scored out then had a cross put next to it were counted. As long as the intention is clear and all that.
I think a lot of people have got hung up about the counting machines. But all of these instances will have been checked in the normal old-fashioned manner by a human being, with people from the parties watching over their shoulder.
I suppose there is always the chance that there will be some inconsistency, but if the parties didn't raise an objection at the count then they must have thought that everything was above board.
As a few other people have said, if this really was true, we probably would have heard more about it by now.
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Date: 2007-May-07, Monday 23:17 (UTC)For instance, ticks instead of crosses were accepted, and I would have thought that Ys instead of Xs were as well. From what I've heard, even ones where there was a number which was scored out then had a cross put next to it were counted. As long as the intention is clear and all that.
I think a lot of people have got hung up about the counting machines. But all of these instances will have been checked in the normal old-fashioned manner by a human being, with people from the parties watching over their shoulder.
I suppose there is always the chance that there will be some inconsistency, but if the parties didn't raise an objection at the count then they must have thought that everything was above board.
As a few other people have said, if this really was true, we probably would have heard more about it by now.