.admin {
  #content {
    margin-top: $gutter-half;
  }

  .flash_error,
  .flash-notice {
    background-color: $flash-green;
    padding: $gutter-half;
    @include bold-19;
  }

  .reject-flash-notice {
    background-color: $flash-blue;
    padding: $gutter-half;
    margin: 5px 0;
  }

  .search-petitions {
    margin-bottom: $gutter-half;
  }

  // Pagination
  .pagination {
    margin: $gutter-half 0;
    text-align: right;
    .icon {
      display: none;
    }
    .disabled {
      color: $panel-colour;
    }
    .current {
      background-color: $panel-colour;
      padding: 1px 0.2em;
    }
    a {
      padding: 1px 0.1em;
    }
    a:visited {
      color: $link-colour;
    }
    .previous_page {
      margin-right: 5px;
    }
    .next_page {
      margin-left: 5px;
    }
  }

  .login {
    margin-top: $gutter;
  }
}

.admin {
  #content {
    margin-top: $gutter-half;
  }

  .flash_error,
  .flash-notice {
    background-color: $flash-green;
    padding: $gutter-half;
    @include bold-19;
  }

  .reject-flash-notice {
    background-color: $flash-blue;
    padding: $gutter-half;
    margin: 5px 0;
  }

  .search-petitions {
    margin-bottom: $gutter-half;
  }

  .character-count {
    margin-bottom: 0;
  }

  // Pagination
  .pagination {
    margin: $gutter-half 0;
    text-align: right;
    .icon {
      display: none;
    }
    .disabled {
      color: $panel-colour;
    }
    .current {
      background-color: $panel-colour;
      padding: 1px 0.2em;
    }
    a {
      padding: 1px 0.1em;
    }
    a:visited {
      color: $link-colour;
    }
    .previous_page {
      margin-right: 5px;
    }
    .next_page {
      margin-left: 5px;
    }
  }

  .login {
    margin-top: $gutter;
  }
}

Remove bottom margin from character counter element
Remove bottom margin from character counter element

Because the element is floated to the right then the vertical margin
doesn't collapse leading to excessive white space between form rows.
Removing the margin from the bottom of the character counter fixes
the problem.
