Saturday, 19 December 2020
- Politics
An Investigation had been launched into an unsealed ballot box found at the Douglas Council by-election in October
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An investigation into an unsealed ballot box at a Douglas Council by-election has found there was no interference with voting.
The number of ballot papers ’allied precisely with the number declared as issued at the polling station’, the authority said in a statement.
Labour candidates Devon Watson and Samuel Hamer were declared the new representatives of Derby Ward following the vote on October 15.
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Mayor of Douglas Jon Joughin said on the night that an investigation would take place after a complaint was made.