Call for urgent reform of ‘Victorian’ voting system

THE chairwoman of Britain’s Electoral Commission described the current system as “Victorian” yesterday after voters were left queuing in their thousands outside polling stations when the ballot boxes closed.

The disruption came amid a high turnout with some polling stations running out of ballot papers as voters headed to the polls en mass.

David Dimbleby, the BBC’s election night anchor, described the election as a “Third World” ballot.