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    London Economic: Laura Kuenssberg leaks “grim” postal vote results for Labour Archived Message

    Posted by Sinister Burt on December 11, 2019, 3:47 pm, in reply to "La Kuenssberg claims knowledge of postal voting!"

    https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/laura-kuenssberg-leaks-grim-postal-vote-results-for-labour/11/12/

    "Laura Kuenssberg could find herself in hot water today after she revealed “grim” postal votes for Labour one day before the general election takes place.

    BBC’s political editor was speaking to Jo Coburn on Politics Live from the campaign trail.

    Asked about voter turnout ahead of the big day she said:

    “The forecast is that it’s going to be wet and cold tomorrow.

    “The postal votes have already arrived.

    “The parties are not meant to look at it but they do get a hint and on both sides people are telling me that the postal votes that are in are looking pretty grim for Labour in a lot of parts of the country.”

    The leak has been reported to the Electoral Commission because it could have broken electoral laws

    Postal votes are subject to strict privacy requirements, and anyone found in breach of the regulations could face a penalty.

    The Representation of the People Act 1983 clearly defines the law, stating:

    “No person shall, in the case of an election to which this section applies, publish before the poll is closed […] any statement relating to the way in which voters have voted at the election where that statement is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information given by voters after they have voted, or b) any forecast as to the result of the election which is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information so given.”"

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