28 May (Part 1) - Boxley-is-Bonkers
I am envious of a long term BiB reader; he rid himself of Sadiq Khan by merely
swapping a vowel. He now lives in Boxley which is out Maidstone way. He thought
you might be amused to see that incompetence is not confined to his old borough.
The parish election on 2nd May resulted in the wrong candidate being elected.
Six seats were up for grabs and the Returning Officer read out the first five
names correctly but inexplicably skipped numbers six and seven and announced
that the candidate who came last had been elected.
The declaration was immediately challenged but nothing could be done about it.
The Returning Officer had spoken and in law that is it.
Only the High Court can overturn the result and the expense is likely to be
beyond the means of the man who lost out.
In typical fashion the Council has shrugged its shoulders and not even apologised.
Kentonline has the story.