Shepway District Council Leader Robert Bliss has announced that votes cast during the next national election will be counted overnight, ending speculation that the Folkestone and Hythe count could take place the day after the election.
The overnight count is a favourite of many political observers. Nationally and locally commentators, have expressed a desire to keep some of the excitement of election night and do the count through the night.
During his Leader's Address at the full council meeting on Feb 18, Cllr Bliss said he had managed to ‘bribe officials with the promise of pastries’ to do the count on the night.
Since September last year numerous news reports have mooted the possibility of counts being held on the day after the vote in order to verify an increasing number of postal votes.
Recently moves have been made to ensure that counts are started within four hours of the ballot closing. The proposed changes would not make counting the next day impossible and due to the relatively short time to hold the next election they are unlikely to be in force by the time voting commences.
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