A Improvement UK Candidate beaten green Party After an election, the councilor in a bizarre name in the name of a bizarre is fighting to reverse the result of the dead heat after one election. High court,
The election was randomly decided that Liz Williams and Green candidate Hannah Robson tied 889 votes in a villager. Worcestershire Election in May.
Two ballot papers were placed in a box, and the name of Mrs. Robson was taken out, winning for the Green candidate, who took her seat on the County Council.
But Mrs. Williams is now challenging the result after introducing the “Election Petition” in the High Court in London, claiming that what happened was not appropriate.
Citing various alleged irregularities during the vote and count process, Mrs. Williams says that her defeat was equal to the “toss of a coin” and the election should be declared zero.
In an initial hearing this week, Mrs. Justice YIP said that the petition will be decided in the High Court later this year, nominating Green Party candidate Mrs. Robson and Deputy Returning Officer Vik Alisan as respondents.
Two women were rival candidates for the Littleton ward, including three small villages of the Vestersire County Council, when the unexpected dead heat was.
According to the petition by Mrs. Williams, in many cases the rivals were tied on 889 votes, with traditional party candidates behind.
She says, “The declared results were prescribed only two used election ballots in a ballot and to take out the deputy returning officer.
“The petitioner believes that this process was not done according to the appropriate procedure of the law, was open to fraud and corruption and was not given time to obtain independent legal advice when he was pressurized to accept the procedure in principle.
“I was not able to see the whole process without interruption, nor could my concerns be heard at that time.
“I could not see the box for all preparations and were not involved.
“I did not agree to a third person to reshuffle the papers. Once in the ballot box, only the returning officer should have had his hand in the box.”
The online posted footage suggests that the returning officer placed his hand in a big black box and thrown out a slip of paper, before he appreciated his winner in a count room at the Counter Center in Persor Lezer Center in cheers and appreciation.
Mrs. Robson was announced to win by 890 to 889 votes.
Later, he said: “I think I am still in shock and maybe all weekends. It was just something – perhaps at the next level.
“I feel that I don’t know what to get sick or jump into enthusiasm. I have never seen anything and I know that the employees here are not even here.”
Challenging the result, Mrs. Williams says she wants, “an announcement that Hannah Robson was not chosen by a proper procedure of the law, namely as the Representation of the People’s Act 1983 by the voters;
At the same time, complaints about the manner of dead heat decision, she complains of irregularities in votes and counting.
Mrs. Robson was not represented during the preliminary hearing this week, but Timothy Storker KC, representing the Returning Officer, said he would apply to dismiss the petition of Mrs. Williams when the matter would return to court later this year.
“It will be on the basis that the petition cannot proceed further because, unfortunately, from the petitioner’s point of view, it is out of time and cannot be extended the time,” he said.
Also, the winning candidate and Returning Officer, Mrs. Williams originally named the local police and the Chief Executive of the Council in her petition.
But the cases against him were killed by Mrs. Justice YIP, who said that the rules only allow candidates to win and return to the returning petitions.
However very rare, this is not the first time a council election in Britain has ended in a dead summer between two candidates, with the winner randomly chosen.
In 2007, in Blyth, the winner in a ward was selected by a straw drawing, while in 2022, a candidate in Yorkshire offered the winner to play poker to decide the poker, even before this to draw a straws.
The Election Commission guide for the returning officers says: “When two or more candidates have equal votes, and in addition to one vote, you will have to decide among the candidates.
“Any candidate who wins is very treated as he got an additional vote that enables him to declare them elected.”
Mrs. Williams’ challenge for the Littletton election result is expected to move forward in the High Court after September.