It's interesting isn't it that suddenly we have election observers called something like the democratic alliance or whatever they've called themselves. I follow politics quite closely and I've never heard of these people before it's funny they have popped up in this election.
Do you think there's any chance that some investigative journalists somewhere might look into the claims that they have made and also who they are and who's backing them because I wouldn't mind betting they are not an independent electoral panel; after all we have the actual Electoral Commission, weak as piss though they are, who are supposed to monitor the conduct of elections.
Heaven forfend that Reform are connected to them in some way.
They are an accredited election observer, but it does seem that this report was released under quite bizarre circumstances, and with no disclaimer to the effect of “this doesn’t mean the election was rigged.”
Thanks for that very interesting. I can't claim this as being mine because I saw it on social media elsewhere but there is a suggestion that the family voting was actually Reform voters who needed to be shown how to spell x. But it did make me laugh and it was so nice to wake up to some good political news for a change.
It's interesting isn't it that suddenly we have election observers called something like the democratic alliance or whatever they've called themselves. I follow politics quite closely and I've never heard of these people before it's funny they have popped up in this election.
Do you think there's any chance that some investigative journalists somewhere might look into the claims that they have made and also who they are and who's backing them because I wouldn't mind betting they are not an independent electoral panel; after all we have the actual Electoral Commission, weak as piss though they are, who are supposed to monitor the conduct of elections.
Heaven forfend that Reform are connected to them in some way.
Byline Times has a good analysis of Democracy Volunteers’ claims here: https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/reform-attacks-byline-times-for-attempting-to-derail-a-democratic-election-before-blaming-family-voting-and-muslim-sectarianism-for-gort/
They are an accredited election observer, but it does seem that this report was released under quite bizarre circumstances, and with no disclaimer to the effect of “this doesn’t mean the election was rigged.”
Thanks for that very interesting. I can't claim this as being mine because I saw it on social media elsewhere but there is a suggestion that the family voting was actually Reform voters who needed to be shown how to spell x. But it did make me laugh and it was so nice to wake up to some good political news for a change.