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Due to a lack of interest, the idea of police commissioner elections should be abandoned.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dismal-turnout--but-prescotts-rival-still-gets-enough-votes-to-beat-him-8324062.html   The outcome will raise serious doubts over the democratic legitimacy of the victors. voters stay at home in Police Commissioner election  A discredited "Flagship" policy lays in ruins having been rejected by voters. In some places the number of people voting was zero! Overall the turnout was around 15%, the lowest national turnout ever. The new appointees have no mandate and the public has no confidence. The whole "election" should be declared void and the "Flagship" policy abandoned.