Computer glitch delays election results

1:01am Friday 4th May 2007

By Matt Jackson

Candidates and supporters were left on tenterhooks at the Oasis as the new on-line voting system suffered a technical setback.

A breakdown in the wireless voting system meant electronic results were delivered two hours late.

Earlier today the connectivity system, a secure server that collects on-line votes, failed completely at polling stations in Covingham and The Lawns.

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