Raph Frank > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:44 PM > Ballot access is pretty open in the UK, and you don't see > lots of former party members running.
Yes, ballot access is pretty open in the UK for any individual, party or group. However, you should be aware that, since the 1998 legal requirement for the registration of political parties, a candidate can use a party description (and optionally, a party emblem) ONLY if that candidate's nomination paper is counter-signed by the registered Nominating Officer of that party. Thus each party has total control of which candidates may use its name or any of its registered descriptions or its registered emblems. The law prevents new parties from registering names, descriptions or emblems that could cause confusion with already registered names, descriptions and emblems. Candidates who stand as independents have the option of using the description "Independent" or of having no description at all. Such candidates are not permitted to have any emblem on the ballot paper. James No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1733 - Release Date: 19/10/2008 18:02 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
