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> The average price of a litre of petrol fell from an all-time high of 121.6p in mid-May to 118.08p now, the report said.

But large areas of south-east England and the rural Midlands have supermarket petrol currently priced at 119.9p.

In some other areas, supermarket petrol is as cheap as 114.32p a litre, while in some areas there can be large disparity in prices in neighbouring towns, the AA said.

Overall, the average price of diesel fell from a high last month of 123.08p a litre to 120.52p, with the cheapest supermarket diesel found at Asda (117.32p).

Taking all fuel-selling outlets into account, the watches-k cheapest petrol at the moment can be found in Yorkshire and Humberside (116.8p a litre), with the dearest in London (119.3p).

Yorkshire and Humberside also has the cheapest diesel (119.5p a litre), with Northern Ireland having the most expensive (121.3p).

AA president Edmund King said: "Wholesale petrol prices tumbled from around 40p a litre in early May to around 36p by May 24.

"Although Asda and Morrison largely passed on http://www.wubags.com/handbags-h/ the entire saving, other supermarkets have been much more selective as to which customers are enjoying the full respite from record high prices."

He went on: "Unfortunately, with oil prices back above 75 dollars a barrel, we are expecting wholesale prices to rise again - which only makes the failure to pass on cost cuts all the more galling.

"Drivers are right to ask how a small rural petrol station between the Surrey town of Farnham and the M3 can sell petrol at 115.9p a litre, and stay in business, while a major supermarket in the town centre, with all its buying power, charged 119.9p."

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Elections Who guards the guard

Helen Young joined the Montgomery County Electoral Board in March. The board oversees local elections and hires the county registrar.

What qualified her for that important job?

"I had always been active in the Republican Party," she said.

The local Democratic and Republican parties choose who serves on the three-person board. Two members come from the party of the governor, one from the other major party.

Montgomery County Board Chairman Dean Dowdy also is a Republican. Secretary Cynthia Chappelka is the lone Democrat.

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Technically, state code says board members must come from the party of the governor and the party of the candidate who finished second in the gubernatorial contest, but that amounts to keeping control in the hands of the two major parties.

Independent voters, Libertarians, Greens and others who forgo the big parties are out of luck.

The correct political loyalties are the only formal requirement to serve on the board. Party leaders nominate insiders; local judges approve them. No fuss.

Board members need no expertise in election procedures, law or technology.

None of the current three had much when they joined the board. They had volunteered as election officers, which is better than nothing. Yet verifying voter registration on Election Day and making sure the voting machines run properly is not the same as enforcing technical requirements for fair and legal elections.

That is not to say that the three now on the board are but tools of their parties. They at least say they want to serve the public.

"I'm interested that elections are run extremely honorably and fairly," Chappelka said.

It's just that when there are tough questions, partisan ties surely pull.

Worse, when mistakes happen, the board is only accountable to the parties, not to voters or elected officials.

And there have been many mistakes lately.

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Registrar Randy Wertz and his staff have had a bad run. In the last 12 months, they approved invalid signatures on petitions, missed deadlines, miscalculated election results and more.

The problems individually were minor, but together they reveal a pattern of at least indifference for electoral regulations and at worst incompetence.

Citizens who hope recent events prompt change likely will be disappointed. Wertz reports to the electoral board, and it is in denial. It casually dismisses some mistakes, ignores others and stretches credulity to excuse the rest.

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" the Roman satirist Juvenal wrote 2,000 years ago. Who will guard the guardians themselves? To whom can citizens turn when the electoral board fails?

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The State Board of Elections might seem the next step up the chain of command, but it, too, is all but powerless in these cases.

It will meet Tuesday to talk about the problems in Montgomery County. It could ask registrars to please follow the rules. It could ask the local board to fire or discipline Wertz. It could ask a judge to fire the board.

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ELEANOR R. FIELDS

A funeral service for Mrs. Eleanor Rebecca Fields, also known as "Doll Baby", 71, of 21108 links of london charms Warren Ave., Matoaca, who entered eternal rest on Thursday, May 27, 2010, will be held 10 a.m. Monday, June 7, 2010, at First Baptist Church, Harrison Street, Petersburg, with the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Tillman, pastor, officiating. The interment will be in Virginia Veteran Cemetery at Amelia.

All are invited to attend the Omega Omega ceremony performed by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. at 4 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of Replica Corum Replica Corum Watches William N. Bland and Son Funeral Home. The immediate family will assemble 9 a.m. at the residence on the day of service.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the staff of William N. Bland and Son Funeral Home, Petersburg.

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