There was too much emphasis on attacking Gordon Brown, he said, and not enough explanation of what the Tories stood for – leaving voters with their own (mainly negative) suspicions.
Federal and state courts have stood up for voters and ruled against new restrictive voting laws.
When Ms Dalziel stood for mayor, she assured voters that she knew what Christchurch needed, and urged its people to put her to the test.
What the Electoral Commission should do is stand up for voters and recommend an end to postal voting on demand, reversing the so-called reform voted by parliament in 2000.
The real ostriches who are in denial about the risks of postal voting are to be found at the Electoral Commission, which has failed lamentably to stand up for voters by defending the integrity and above all the secrecy of the ballot.
But Mr. Edwards, who later held a $250-a-head 250-a-head 250-a-headMr. Lamont, said Mr. Lamont would also have to show voters that he stood for more than simply criticism of Mr. Lieberman.
At an impromptu news conference between morning campaign stops, he called his campaign a "joyful experience," and said he hoped he had convinced voters that he stood for a "positive, progressive future for their children and grandchildren".
Fiona Mactaggart, a formidable Scot who represents Slough one of Labour's tiny clutch of Home Counties seats put it pithily: voters thought Labour stood for "taking their money and giving it to people who are taking the piss".Mr Miliband knows this is a problem.
And she thinks that her fellow Democrats, including President Barack Obama, might have prevented last week's debacle if they had done a better job of telling voters what they stood for.
Is this really the same man who pledged voters that he stood for real, positive change?
