Like me, it seemed to dread the bone-jarring return to town.

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The legal challenge was launched in 2010 after the NSS was contacted by Mr Bone, who was a Bideford town councillor at the time.

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At questions to the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission on 21 January 2010, Mr Bone argued demanded a change in the law to stop town halls abandoning the late-night counts in favour of counting ballots on the following day.

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