Oh ye of little faith. As the box was more than 12 inches deep we used to lose the rulers so needed something. A piece of wood was obvious but it had to be narrow enough to fit the slot, strong enough not to bend or break, splinter free for safety, and carefully rounded so as not to read the ballot papers.4mastacker wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 6:15 amWhen I went to cast me vote last nightI noticed that beside the ballot paper box was a piece of wood. On it was written "Ballot paper compaction tool". Complete with our council's cipher and the words "Property of South Kesteven District Council". It was just a wooden stick FFS. An ordinary office ruler would suffice. I wonder how much that piece of "engineering" cost the tax-payer.
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