article_snippet.sent: Voters in last year's parliamentary by-elections lodged complaints about aggressive campaigning .
article_snippet.sent: Voters in last year's parliamentary by-elections -elections lodged complaints about aggressive campaigning tactics, fights between rival supporters, and bizarre activities on polling day, new data shows.
article_snippet.sent: One eagle-eyed viewer watching the live coverage of the Rochester and Strood by-election, won by Ukip's Tory defector Mark Reckless, was perturbed to see a person 'moving about among the tables and taking items' - something the viewer deemed 'suspicious', so reported it to Kent Police.
article_snippet.sent: The same by-election saw six complaints made to Medway Council, one of which was about the apparent unsuitability of a candidate, as well as the length of time it took to count the votes and announce the result.
article_snippet.sent: A resident also contacted the vote's returning officer - who oversees the election - to complain The anti-Europe party had been approached by an unnamed party activist in the polling station as The anti-Europe party went to cast The anti-Europe party ballot paper.
article_snippet.sent: The complainant said: 'I feel sure other candidates in this election must have felt that this was completely unfair.'
article_snippet.sent: GMP also reported how local election campaigns - which coincided with a parliamentary by-election - saw a complaint made about a defamatory party leaflet, while another prospective candidate in Wigan apparently 'caused people in the street to sign a nomination paper to allow people in the street to stand in the next elections' - despite those signing the document believing a nomination paper to simply confirm people in the street status as local residents.