A Son of the Rock

It seems the lists of scored off names on the electoral registers used at the polling places for the Glenrothes by-election have gone missing, possibly in Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

So; no-one can now check the total votes counted against the numbers who actually turned up to vote.

While it is unlikely that anyone would take the risk of being found out in such an enterprise the loss of the lists is an embarrassment to say the least and opens the possibility of ballot boxes having been stuffed with papers for whom there were no voters. It’s not beyond the bounds of thought to suppose that Fife Labour were so scared of losing that they would do something like this.
But it is Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court we’re talking about here.

Conspiracy or cock-up?

Take your pick.