ONE VOTE TOO MANYKent Labour challenges KCC’s Conservative administration to take local democracy seriously. In today’s Council meeting, Labour councillor for Deal Terry Birkett pointed out that votes were still being registered electronically from a councillor who had left KCC months ago.Terry Birkett said: “The Conservatives go on about how, under their leadership, KCC is using technology in innovative ways. I suppose in one sense they’re right. Registering votes from councillors who aren’t even councillors any more is certainly a new one on me. “But at the end of the day, it isn’t a laughing matter. This basic error meant I had to question whether some of our votes were even legal. “We vote in Council on important issues affecting people’s everyday lives. The people of Kent need to be confident that their Council is being led and managed properly.“KCC’s Conservatives are always saying that the Labour Government ought to give them more power, more responsibility. Maybe they’d better start showing that they take local democracy seriously”.
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