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Old 08-04-2010, 10:32   #125
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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 1

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Seven Cambridgeshire parliamentary seats are “dead certs”

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VOTERS in Cambridgeshire have been told the general election is over – before it has even started.

A shock report by the Electoral Reform Society claims the county is in the running as the Most Boring Election Venue – because the present voting system means the parties in control of all seven of the county’s seats are "dead certs" to get back in...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home...dead-certs.htm

I'm not surprised that many people don't bother voting in a general election. Perhaps it is time to change the Victorian election system?
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