Affront to democracy

THE amount of red tape needed to run our election system is in contravention of democratic principles.

Affront to democracy
Thu, 01 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

The number of assentors needed to run for the European elections is a massive sixty.

They must line up outside a local authority office and sign a nomination form in the presence of a local official.

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