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[djm4]

...probably. I'm definitely voting for Brian first (which will come as news to no one). Ken may get my second place to help keep Boris out, but it's not certain. I need to read up on the other candidates. John Bird (Independent/Big Issue) would certainly have been a possibility, but he's apparently dropped out; I'll certainly consider Siân Berry (Green). But it'll probably be Ken.

[topbit.livejournal.com]

I was talking to a guy with http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ on Friday he said how the May 1st was going to be all electronic count with scanning of votes. ORG are pressing for 0.1% of the votes to be recounted manually, to at least verify that the electronic counts are accurate, but they've been rebuffed with the reason that it would bring the wider results into dispute if they were not the same....

http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/01/22/devote-your-day-to-democracy-2-london-elections/

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Argh. I truly believe that Ken is the only person likely to make any headway at all on sorting out the transport chaos caused by the Metronet fuck-up - which COULD have been avoided if he'd been allowed to do what he wanted with transport in the first place and not been forced into the mess of PPP! My only concern is whether he gets my first concern or my second, since the Greens are actually fielding a candidate this time round and Sian seems to have some good policies. As a more-than-nominal Green, I ought to consider voting for her, and it's annoying that Ken hasn't done a vote-trading deal with the Greens, as he did last time round - he shouldn't have annoyed them with that "cheap oil from Venezuela" thing!

I was sympathetic to Brian until I found out that he supported the extension of detention without to charge to 60 days. No way. No fucking way. Our civil liberties have been eroded quite enough already, thank you so much.

Boris? Seriously? The idea that's he's seen as the main opposition is laughable - he has barely any real policies, and those he has are horrifying. I think I'd rather cut off my own right hand than vote for the man who wants to REMOVE the requirement to build affordable housing in London! WTFF!! And his stupidity on transport issues shows he knows very little about them - I say this as someone who worked for TfL for 5 years, on and off.

[barakta]

I'm not even sure if I'm eligible to vote in this, or how I'd find out. I probably ought to resolve this ASAP and find out...

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[reddragdiva]

I disagree with lots of things Ken says and does and consider him frequently a twat (let's turn the Oyster into a cross-London ID card! um, what?), but he will get my vote yet again because he's absolutely on the case regarding transport. Boris hasn't dared go near that one, I note.

[aegidian]

Well, I look at Ken and I think London; I look at Boris and I think Liverpool; I look at Brian and I think, y'know it'd be nice if he could win - but he's not gonna. I'll vote for Ken, he's not perfect, but he's better than the rest.