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Hopeless Romantic Donating Member (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 03:39 AM
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Is preference leadership ballot confusing Labour members?

By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy

The ballots for the leadership election go out next week, but I am picking up a disconcerting level of confusion amongst party members about when they vote or how the system works. The preference system that the Labour Party uses has its advantages, but it also makes it hard for people to understand the eventual result. It was a similar story during the Deputy Leadership, when there was a feeling of unfairness amongst many members that Jon Cruddas, the popular left-wing candidate at the time, had won more first preferences than other candidates, but didn't win the contest...


http://www.labourlist.org/is-preference-leadership-confusing-labour-members


Is she suggesting that ordinary Labour members are too thick to understand the voting system?
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