I returned from my holiday to discover that all had not gone well in the general election. No I am not talking about hung Parliaments and coalitions, but about the process of the election itself. Cutting through the howls of outrage, it seems that in some places the polling stations could not handle a late surge of voters, and in others the need for enhanced verification of an inordinate number of postal votes meant that counting was a slower process than usual. Thankfully these issues were hardly endemic.

• Altering the days and times for people to vote. I have always thought that allowing voting over a whole weekend makes more sense than a time limited session on a Thursday.
• The introduction of an electronic register, e-voting and who knows, e-counting?
• The opportunity for people to vote at any polling station in their constituency, or maybe even further afield.
• A radical rethink of postal voting and voter registration.