57% SAID NO TO THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS WHO SPEAKS FOR THE MAJORITY

2007-05-18T07:56:00.000-07:00

Hi People

Here is a copy/pasting an email sent to the Electoral Commission this week.

for Kay Jenkins please forward, thanks. JBarry@electoralcommission.org.uk (via this email address)

Hi there Kay

The freedom of information request is this. Is there a minimum percentage of the population who have to vote in order that the Welsh Assembly Elections are Valid? If so could you let me know what that percentage of the population is.

Or would the Assembly members be able to claim a mandate from the population to Govern, if there was only a 5% turn out?????

thanks David Gabriel

Its pritty self explanitory and I wonder if that 5% would still make it a valid election or not. I have the sneaking feeling that it would. I wonder what the population would feel about that. Given that the majority of the electorate have said 'NONE OF YOU ARE WORTHY OF MY VOTE'

Today fri 18/5/07 I see that BBC Radio Wales on their phone in show, had Mike German telling everyone how is party had X ammount of the vote. Yeah well he didn't take into account that it was under half the Electorate that did vote, under HALF and we live in a DEMOCRACY. Seems like the Minority can rule over the Majority in this Election. Later on they had Mr. Ron Davies and the his dream of consensus politics in Wales. Well it seems to me the majority don't want any government, or am I the only one missing something here????

Infact I think its about time this power grabbers realised that they want someone who represents their views and not a political party. They want their say in the running of their country, not some toe the party line have got a brain cell that can work independently of itself.

SO ITS WAIT FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO GET BACK TO ME. THEY HAVE HAD TWO DAYS SO FAR. PERHAPS THEY DON'T KNOW EH CRAZYDAVE! THAT WOULDN'T SUPRISE ME. WHEN THEY DO RESPOND YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT I WILL UPDATE IT HERE.

LOVE N LIGHT PEOPLE FROM CRAZYDAVE.

Yep who is going to represent the 57% who said no???????
for a full list of blogs go to http://bbccrazydave.blogspot.com/

UPDATE 31/5/07 OH WHAT KIND OF DEMOCRACY IS THIS YOUR MAJESTY.

WELLL PEOPLE HERE IS THE RESULT OF THAT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST SENT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION ABOVE.

Re: FOI request 44/07
Dear Mr.Gabriel,
Thank you for your freedom of information request dated 16 May 2007.
You queried whether there is a minimum percentage of the population who have to vote for the Welsh Assembly Elections to be valid.
The answer is simply; there is no minimum percentage required for the elections to be valid.
If you are dissatisfied with this response, the Commission operates a complaints procedure, and we will provide details on request.
Yours sincerely
Michelanne Calhoun Wilson Legal Officer The Electoral Commission Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW Tel: 020 7271 0625 Fax: 020 7271 00505 www.electoralcommission.org.uk www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
Democracy matters

HERE IS THE REPLY

Hi Michelanne

I appreciate that there is little point in complaining that 1% of the population could turn out and therefore make it a valid election. But I do find it remarkable that in a democracy where the majority are supposed to be the victors, that 99% could turn their backs on the electoral process and those elected be allowed to rule.

thanks for the response, a little over due considering the answer, but fascinating none the less.

all the best Crazydave.

YES YOUR MAJESTY, MR. MORGAN IS FAXING YOU HIS CABINET LIST TODAY, I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT HE WAS ONLY GIVEN THE FIRST MINISTERS JOB SO THAT THEY COULD GET A GOVERNMENT SORTED OUT WITHIN THE 28 DAYS ALLOWED, AND THAT ITS LIKELY TO CHANGE WHEN THE OTHERS REALISE THAT THEY WANT POWER.

WHAT I REALLY WONDER IS WILL YOU YOUR ROYAL LOVELINESS BE TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH I.E. AIDING N ABETTING THE WELSH ASSEMBLY WITH THE CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE OF VULNERABLE ADULTS AND CRAZYDAVE IN PARTICULAR' BY GIVING IT YOUR OFFICIAL BLESSING THIS TUESDAY COMING.

OR WILL YOUR ADVISORS MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS AND OTHER BLOGS, AND YOU YOURSELF CALL FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY ON BEHALF OF YOUR 'HAVE NOT' SUBJECTS, IN THE SHINNANAGINS THAT HAVE PREVAILED SINCE 2004 TO STOP SUCH AND INQUIRY GOING AHEAD.

SO WILL YOU TELL MR. MORGAN 'SORRY RODDER'S BUT WE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING ON TUESDAY'

OH WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY THAT WOULD BE LIZZY!!!!

OR WILL I HEAR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S VOICE CALLING FROM THE ETHERS 'NEVER, NEVER, NEVER HAS SO MUCH BEEN GIVEN TO SO FEW, AS PRIVATE LANDLORDS HAVE VIA THE HOUSING BENEFIT SYSTEM' AND GIVE VOICE TO HIS THOUGHT.

YES WHAT A WONDERFUL HEADLINE IT WOULD MAKE 'THE QUEEN CALLS FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY ON BEHALF OF VULNERABLE ADULTS'

LOVE N LIGHT CRAZYDAVE.

A FULL LIST OF BLOGS N VIDEOS ON http://bbccrazydave.blogspot.com/

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57% SAID NO TO THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS WHO SPEAKS FOR THE MAJORITY