Updated:
1:45 PM May 12, 2021
Martin Schmierer was the Green candidate in the 2021 Norfolk police and crime commissioner elections.
- Credit: SIMON FINLAY
More than 7,000 ballot papers in the election to find a new Norfolk police and crime commissioner were rejected - and one of the candidates said it highlights confusion over the voting process.
Green candidate Martin Schmierer believes the number of rejected papers was due to the voting process not being clear.
Police and crime commissioners (PCC), who hold the force and the chief constable to account, are elected using the supplementary vote system.
People make a first and second choice and, if no candidate gets more than 50pc of the first choice votes, all except the top two candidates are eliminated.