Thursday, May 27, 2010

New technology will make election voting more efficient

New technology will make election voting more efficient

"Combining speed with total vote-counting accuracy, the system is unique because it will integrate state-of-the-art optical scanning, and encryption with the tried-and-tested process of manually writing on a ballot paper.

No other either in use or currently under development uses such a combination, which will enable the new system to avoid the major drawbacks associated with both purely manual and purely electronic voting methods."

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Microsoft Teams With Democracy Live to Assist Military Voters Secure Easier Access to... -- REDMOND, Wash., May 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Microsoft Teams With Democracy Live to Assist Military Voters Secure Easier Access to... -- REDMOND, Wash., May 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Microsoft Corp. and Issaquah-based Democracy Live recently announced a partnership that aims to make voting more accessible for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are living and serving overseas during elections and want their vote to count. The Democracy Live system has already been selected by numerous elections jurisdictions for use in the coming August primary election. --->>>

India - Online civic polls: State election commission sets ball rolling - Ahmedabad - City - The Times of India

Online civic polls: State election commission sets ball rolling - Ahmedabad - City - The Times of India

The procedure for conducting the country’s first on-line voting in the upcoming Ahmedabad municipal corporation (AMC) elections in October inches forward with the State Election Commission all set to invite expression of interest (EoI) from IT firms in the next couple of days. --->>>

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Britain's electoral system 'corruptible and open to fraud', say Third World observers - Telegraph

Britain's electoral system 'corruptible and open to fraud', say Third World observers - Telegraph

The General Election on May 6 was the first UK poll at which overseas observers were invited to attend polling stations and counts.

The team of parliamentarians and officials from 11 Commonwealth countries said the electoral system contained vulnerabilities that made it “corruptible and open to fraud”. --->>>

See also: UK voting system is ''open to fraud''

e-voting - The solution to election woes? - eGov monitor

e-voting - The solution to election woes? - eGov monitor

The Virgin Media Business 2010 E-Politics Online Study has found that the public are increasingly in support of an alternative ballot system. So is e-voting a solution to the mess we had on election day? Lee Hull explores. --->>>

Cracked: the problem of sharing encrypted databases | Security | News | PC Pro

Cracked: the problem of sharing encrypted databases | Security | News | PC Pro

Data handlers could soon collaborate on encrypted databases without revealing their secrets, following a homomorphic cryptography breakthrough by scientists at the University of Bristol. ...

... The work makes practical a theory put forward by IBM last year. The researchers claim potential applications for the technology are wide-ranging, involving any aspect of technology where privacy and collaboration are equally important.

They say the system could be used in medical research, with hospitals or drug companies performing statistical calculations on shared databases without revealing information about individual patients.

Alternatively, the homomorphic cryptology could improve security in electronic voting. Constituents would encrypt their votes and the returning officer could compute the outcome while maintaining voter privacy.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Preferences emerge for election reform among Durham voters | durhamregion.com

Preferences emerge for election reform among Durham voters

Better Ballots Durham is promoting a host of potential municipal election reforms aimed at markedly improving voter turnout in the region's municipalities in 2010. Given the disappointingly low turnout percentage -- it hovers around the 25 per cent mark in Durham's southern, urban communities -- the initiative is vitally important to serve and reinforce the democratic process.

Several election reform options proposed by Better Ballots Durham, some of which would be relatively simple to implement, were among a poll conducted over the last week by durhamregion.com. In sifting through the hundreds of responses, preference emerged for weekend voting and online voting, a clear indication that voters in Durham Region would be inclined to cast their votes based on convenience and accessibility. --->>>

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. Acquires Premier Election Solutions Assets From ES&S | Earth Times News

Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. Acquires Premier Election Solutions Assets From ES&S | Earth Times News

Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. today announced that it has acquired from Premier Election Solutions, Inc. (Premier), a wholly owned subsidiary of Election Systems and Software (ES&S), the primary assets of Premier, including all intellectual property, software, firmware and hardware for Premier’s current and legacy optical scan, central scan, and touch screen voting systems, and all versions of the GEMS election management system.

As part of the transaction, Dominion also acquired an irrevocable, perpetual license for the AutoMark voting terminals used by voters with disabilities, a similar license for the VoteRemote absentee vote-by-mail processing solution, and rights to spare parts, supplies and other resources necessary to support and service these installed systems. In addition, Dominion will acquire a percentage of existing Premier inventory. --->>>

Governor Rendell Announces Resignation of Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes

Governor Rendell Announces Resignation of Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes

Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced that Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes will resign June 11 to become the executive vice president of Everyone Counts, a company specializing in military and overseas voting technology. He will be responsible for strategic business development, including the Latin American and Caribbean marketplace.

No Electronic Voting | General News | ModernGhana.com News

No Electronic Voting | General News | ModernGhana.com News

ELECTRONIC VOTING is not being considered as an option for the country's 2012 general elections, according to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan.

A number of pro-democracy and governance institutions, including the Danquah Institute, have called for electronic voting in the next elections as a way of curbing electoral fraud and disputes, which are re-current phenomena in the manual system of voting. --->>>

Annan-led Panel of Eminent African Personalities is urging Kenya to adopt an electronic voting system for the 2012 elections. - Capital FM Kenya

Annan-led Panel of Eminent African Personalities is urging Kenya to adopt an electronic voting system for the 2012 elections.

A survey conducted on their behalf by South Consulting firm concludes that “electronic voter registration will enhance the integrity of the voting system and reduce the costs associated with manual registration and voting.”

“And because a national infrastructure to support e-registration and e-voting is in place, evidenced especially by use of mobile telephony and a broad GSM coverage, the Commission should embark on establishing an electronic system to support e-registration and e-voting for the 2012 General Election and before the interim Commission winds up its activities,” reads the report in part. --->>>

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

UK: Electoral Reform: The British Public Must Be Given The Chance To Choose A Genuinely Fair Electoral System

Electoral Reform: The British Public Must Be Given The Chance To Choose A Genuinely Fair Electoral System

There is a definite need for electoral reform but all choices must be explored says the independent think tank ippr as it suggests Additional Member System (AMS) would make our elections fairer.

In a new report published today, the report's author, Dr Phil McCarvill, a Visiting Research Fellow at ippr, believes the debate on electoral reform so far has been very narrow confined within three specific options - Alternative Vote (AV), Alternative Vote Plus (AV+) and Single Transferable Vote (STV).

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Overseas Koreans, foreigners to flex muscle in polls

Overseas Koreans, foreigners to flex muscle in polls

Tens of thousands of ethnic-Koreans will be able to flex their political muscle for the first time in the June 2 local elections.

The change is the result of a 2007 ruling by the Constitutional Court that recognized the suffrage of citizens living abroad in local elections here as well as presidential and National Assembly polls. --->>>

A vote for electronic counting - Public Service

A vote for electronic counting - Public Service

The queues and delayed results of the 2010 general election could have been avoided with electronic vote counting, argues Sonya Anderson, head of elections at DRS Data Services. --->>>

BBC News - US scientists 'hack' India electronic voting machines

BBC News - US scientists 'hack' India electronic voting machines

Scientists at a US university say they have developed a technique to hack into Indian electronic voting machines. --->>>

Britons Want Changes to Voting System: Angus Reid Global Monitor

Britons Want Changes to Voting System: Angus Reid Global Monitor

People in Britain are in favour of implementing specific guidelines to modernize the country’s voting system, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 73 per cent of respondents support counting ballots electronically, instead of by hand.

In addition, 71 per cent of respondents are in favour of using an electronic ballot marking device (such as a touch screen) instead of a paper ballot. --->>>

Overseas voting New rules to expand use of Internet | Watertown Daily Times

Overseas voting New rules to expand use of Internet

Proposed federal regulations will open up opportunities for overseas and military voters to cast ballots in the November election via the Internet. --->>>

Online election campaigning influenced 40 per cent of voters, survey finds

Online election campaigning influenced 40 per cent of voters, survey finds

Around 40 per cent of the British voting public said their voting intentions were influenced by online political campaigning, a recent survey has found.

Digital channels including Facebook, blogs and political websites had the greatest impact on traditionally apathetic young voters aged 18 to 24. Almost a third said online content had significantly influenced their voting decision. --->>>

E- Voting System Can Be Used In Indonesia's 2014 Presidential Poll - BERNAMA.COM

E- Voting System Can Be Used In Indonesia's 2014 Presidential Poll

General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Abdul Hafiz Anshary has expressed optimism that the e-voting system can already be applied in the 2014 presidential election, Antara news agency reports Wednesday.

However, he said that it will be still difficult and complicated to use the same system for the legislative elections. --->>>

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Lithuanian Cabinet approves e-voting

Lithuanian Cabinet approves e-voting

The Lithuanian government has approved a plan to implement online voting in the country despite a newly released report that found internet penetration in the country was well below the EU average. --->>>

Monday, May 17, 2010

India: Online voting in Gujarat civic polls this year

Online voting in Gujarat civic polls this year

The Gujarat government and State Election Commission have decided to introduce e-voting in the next local body elections becoming the first state in the country to enable citizens to cast their franchise online.

"This will be for the first time in the country that in any official election the method of online voting via Internet will be used, beginning with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation polls scheduled in mid-October followed by Rajkot, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar local body elections," SEC Secretary, P H Shah told PTI. --->>>

Friday, May 14, 2010

Chilean President Pinera Proposes Changes To Electoral System

Chilean President Pinera Proposes Changes To Electoral System

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera wants to revise the country's electoral system to incorporate automatic voter registration and voluntary voting, he said Friday.

Currently, the law dictates that voter registration is voluntary but, once registered, citizens must vote or be subject to hefty fines.

He called the electoral reform bill "an effort to modernize and strengthen our democracy."

The legislation, which the government will send to Congress next week, aims to incorporate 4 million new voters, many of them under 25 years old, who have not registered for recent elections.

In the January 2010 runoff presidential election won by Pinera, 7.2 million Chileans voted, although nearly 8 million were registered. A total of 12 million, out of the country's population of around 16 million, are over 18 years old and eligible to vote.

"The voluntary vote will bring those 4 million potential voters that aren't motivated to vote," Pinera said. ...>>>

UK: E-vote enthusiasts likely to be disappointed

E-vote enthusiasts likely to be disappointed

Anybody hoping that the election night chaos at many polling stations - when hundreds were turned away without voting - would bring electronic voting closer are likely to be disappointed.

The Electoral Commission investigation into the fiasco, to be published within days, is focusing purely on what went wrong on the night - rather than on alternatives to putting a cross on a ballot paper.

Furthermore, the commission accepts that widespread e-voting cannot happen until individual registration is introduced nationwide, which is not due to happen until 2015. --->>>

AFP: Automated voting jolts Philippine politics into digital age

AFP: Automated voting jolts Philippine politics into digital age

Philippine politics will never be the same after the country's first automated ballot electrified voters long used to cheating, violence and disputes over delayed results. --->>>

AFN National Chief Welcomes Release of Senate Report on First Nations Elections and Looks Forward to Future Progress

AFN National Chief Welcomes Release of Senate Report on First Nations Elections and Looks Forward to Future Progress

The Senate Committee's report identified a number of areas where the Indian Act has been counter-productive to effective governance, including an imposed two-year limit on terms in office and a cumbersome appeals process. The report strongly recommended passing control over the design and execution of leadership selection to First Nations communities over the next 10-15 years.

"This report recognizes that the key to improving First Nations elections systems and citizen-centred accountability lies in fully recognizing First Nations jurisdiction over the design and control of our election codes. We would like to build on the recommendations contained in this report and discuss ways we can support the capacity of our nations to re-build their own systems of governing," said National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo. --->>>

CBC News - Saskatchewan - Blind man wants better voting tools

CBC News - Saskatchewan - Blind man wants better voting tools

A Saskatoon man is calling for a better system to allow people with a visual impairment to vote with certainty and secrecy, conditions he says are currently lacking at provincial election time.

Robin East, who is legally blind, says he has only two options to mark a ballot: have someone help him, or insert his ballot into a sleeve that has braille on it, and hope his mark is correctly aligned.

Australia: Electoral Commission to use tech for engagement

Electoral Commission to use tech for engagement

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has flagged that it will adopt a raft of new recommendations aimed at assisting it to harness technology to modernise processes and engage more effectively with voters.

The recommendations, from the Report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) 'Report on the conduct of the 2007 federal election and matters related thereto' will cost $5.7 million, according to the AEC. --->>>

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Smartmatic Targets Indonesia After Philippines Voting Success - BusinessWeek

Smartmatic Targets Indonesia After Philippines Voting Success - BusinessWeek

Manila-based Smartmatic distributed 82,200 machines across 7,107 islands for a presidential election that Senator Benigno Aquino is set to have won. The count took place without serious breakdowns and the quick results helped the peso and stocks advance the most in Asia the following day.

“Indonesia will be twice the Philippines, more islands, more people,” Cesar Flores, the company’s president, said in an interview. “Now we know we can handle these type of geographies.” --->>>

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Automation critics happy to be wrong | The Philippine Star >> News >> Headlines

Automation critics happy to be wrong | The Philippine Star; News; Headlines

Critics have conceded that the automated election system (AES) used in last Monday’s polls was a success.

The Concerned Citizens’ Movement (CCM) of University of the Philippines law professor

Harry Roque Jr., one of the groups that earlier opposed the AES before the Supreme Court (SC), admitted that it was “absolutely thrilled to be wrong” about its earlier fear of failure of election due to glitches in the automated system.

The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and the Financial Executives of the Philippines (Finex) issued a statement yesterday congratulating “the Filipino people who were all engaged in exercising their right of suffrage,” the Commission on Elections (Comelec) “for a job well done” as well as “the teachers, the military, the police and all those involved in the elections.” --->>>

Proportional representation's got my vote - Winnipeg Free Press

Proportional representation's got my vote - Winnipeg Free Press

Canada and Britain share the dubious distinction as the only two parliamentary democracies in the western world still clinging to the antiquated and unrepresentative first past the post voting system.

Its premise that two contending parties can effectively reflect the public will may have been true in a bygone simpler era of ethnically and geographically homogeneous societies. But FPTP serves only to frustrate the popular will and undermine democracy in today's world of multiracial, multicultural and often geographically diverse nations. --->>>

Antony Green's Election Blog: Preferential Voting in Australia

Antony Green's Election Blog: Preferential Voting in Australia

Australia has a long history of electoral experimentation. Australia led the world in abandoning electoral franchises based on property ownership by extending the right to vote to all adult males. Australia also led the world in granting the vote to women, and in the introduction of the secret ballot, a reform that when introduced in the United States was often referred to as the 'Australian ballot'.

One innovation that has remained more or less unique to Australia has been preferential voting. --->>>

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Online voting a possibility - SC Magazine

Online voting a possibility - SC Magazine

By 2013, Elections Canada – the federal agency responsible for conducting elections and applying electoral law – is expected to begin testing the security of its online system.

“The plan is to begin with an electronic registration process, and then move to i-voting,” says John Enright, spokesman for Elections Canada. “It's likely we'll test the voting system during a federal by-election, using Canadian military personnel who are stationed abroad as a test group.” --->>>

Monday, May 10, 2010

How proportional representation would have changed the general election 2010 result | News | guardian.co.uk

How proportional representation would have changed the general election 2010 result | News | guardian.co.uk

New data shows how the election results would look different under proportional representation. --->>>

Voting system review demanded by Electoral Commission | Politics | The Guardian

Voting system review demanded by Electoral Commission | Politics | The Guardian

The head of the electoral watchdog tonight called for urgent parliamentary time to reform the voting system in the wake of last week's problems at the polls which excluded thousands of would-be voters.

Jenny Watson, who chairs the Electoral Commission, has launched an inquiry into what went wrong at several polling stations and is appealing for people who were affected to come forward to give evidence. She promised to report back within 10 days. --->>>

States Move to Allow Overseas and Military Voters to Cast Ballots by Internet - NYTimes.com

States Move to Allow Overseas and Military Voters to Cast Ballots by Internet - NYTimes.com

Nearly three million overseas and military voters from at least 33 states will be permitted to cast ballots over the Internet in November using e-mail or fax, in part because of new regulations proposed last month by the federal agency that oversees voting. --->>>

Friday, May 7, 2010

BBC News - Q&A: Election 2010 voting problems

BBC News - Q&A: Election 2010 voting problems

Hundreds of would-be voters in several UK locations have complained that they were denied the chance to vote before polling stations closed at 2200 BST.

How widespread have the problems been? --->>>

Polling Problems Could Lead To e-Voting | eWEEK Europe UK

Polling Problems Could Lead To e-Voting | eWEEK Europe UK

Pressure is building to introduce electronic voting in the UK, after some citizens were unable to take part in yesterday's General Election.

Problems at polling stations, which left many people unable to cast their vote in the UK general election, are likely to prompt renewed calls for e-voting, according to analyst group Ovum.

Last night, hundreds of voters were turned away from polling stations, and police were called in to deal with queues, after the doors of polling booths closed at 10pm BST. Higher than expected turnouts across the country meant that many stations were understaffed and, in Liverpool, even ran out of ballot papers. --->>>

BBC News - Chaotic polling problems lead to calls for e-voting

BBC News - Chaotic polling problems lead to calls for e-voting

Voting electronically could prevent future problems at election polling stations, some experts claim.

The US is planning to introduce e-voting and India has already had it in place for some time.

However the British Electorial Commission has expressed concerns about the security of such systems.

The 2010 UK election was marred for those unable to vote within the designated time frame, due to long queues. --->>>

The Canadian Press: UK electoral commission says challenges possible after poll centre chaos

The Canadian Press: UK electoral commission says challenges possible after poll centre chaos

Electoral officials pledged Friday to investigate voting irregularities after hundreds of voters were turned away from polling stations in Britain's general election.

Crowds staged sit-ins and tried to block officials from taking ballot boxes Thursday, as officials struggled to cope with staggering turnout in some districts.

Electoral Commission chief Jenny Watson acknowledged that Britain's voting system had been unable to cope with a surge of voters in many districts.

"The system is creaking," Watson said, adding that "this old clunking Victorian infrastructure" couldn't handle modern elections. --->>>

BBC News - Election 2010: Voters turned away as polls close

BBC News - Election 2010: Voters turned away as polls close

An inquiry will be held after hundreds of voters were turned away from polling stations and police called to deal with queues as the voting deadline passed.

There were problems in parts of London, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle and Surrey.

One Sheffield official said the turnout had probably been the highest for 30 years and "it caught us out". --->>>

Thousands unable to vote as polling stations fail to cope - contains video - The Times

Thousands unable to vote as polling stations fail to cope - contains video

Thousands of people were deprived of the right to vote last night as polling stations were unable to cope with demand.

Election chiefs told The Times that the widespread failures to deal with high voter turnout may lead to re-runs in the next few weeks, which could be critical to the overall outcome. --->>>

General Election 2010: legal challenge expected after chaotic scenes at polling stations - Telegraph

General Election 2010: legal challenge expected after chaotic scenes at polling stations - Telegraph

Results in constituencies up and down the country could be challenged today after thousands of people were denied the right to vote amid chaotic scenes at polling stations.

The turnout in some areas was so high that long queues of electors were still waiting to cast their votes when polling stations closed at 10pm. The “Third World” scenes led to police being called to calm unrest and voters staging sit-ins as they demanded that counts be delayed.

Harriet Harman, the deputy prime minister, suggested that the Electoral Commission might have to rule on whether results were valid in cases where people who arrived in time to vote were not allowed to do so. --->>>

Fraud and the election: Going postal | The Economist

Fraud and the election: Going postal | The Economist

Electoral fraud is not a problem confined to distant countries. --->>>

By permitting fraud we betray democracy - Telegraph

By permitting fraud we betray democracy - Telegraph

The increase in postal-vote fraud is an urgent and dangerous issue, argues Andrew Gilligan. --->>>

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Voter ID law 'reasonable infringement,' judge says - CBC News

CBC News - British Columbia - Voter ID law 'reasonable infringement,' judge says:

A B.C. court has upheld a contentious federal law that requires voters to show identification and provide proof of their address to cast their ballots.

Judge Lynn Smith of the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that amendments to the Canada Elections Act in 2007 do infringe on the charter right to vote, but the infringement is justifiable. --->>>

Senators introduce legislation to expand vote by mail - Empirestatenews.net

New York State News on the Net!:

Looking for ways to expand voter participation and reduce the growing cost of elections, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, John Kerry, Thomas Carper, and Maria Cantwell introduced a package of bills today that would make it easier for states to institute the same vote-by-mail process currently used in Oregon. Wyden – who is the first federal official to be elected entirely by mail – also introduced a bill to expand on-line voter registration., --->>>

Philippines vote to go ahead despite technical failure | Reuters

Philippines vote to go ahead despite technical failure | Reuters:

The Philippines' elections will go ahead as scheduled next Monday, authorities said, despite last minute problems with electronic balloting machines that raised doubts about the nationwide vote. --->>>

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Voting behaviour comes under scrutiny in new study | Education | The Guardian

Voting behaviour comes under scrutiny in new study | Education | The Guardian:

The general election marks the start of an extensive international study into the mind of the voter.

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General Election 2010: Postal vote fraud amid fears bogus voters could swing election | Mail Online

General Election 2010: Postal vote fraud amid fears bogus voters could swing election | Mail Online:

Voter fraud could determine the outcome of the general election as evidence emerges of massive postal vote rigging.

Police have launched 50 criminal inquiries nationwide amid widespread cases of electoral rolls being packed with ‘bogus’ voters. --->>>

'The first punch came, landing on my nose, sending blood down my face' - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

'The first punch came, landing on my nose, sending blood down my face' - UK Politics, UK - The Independent:"

Independent' reporter Jerome Taylor relives his bloody experience on the trail of voting fraud in east London.

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General Election 2010: Postal voting system is a farce that shames democracy | Mail Online

General Election 2010: Postal voting system is a farce that shames democracy | Mail Online:

"Thanks to the introduction of mass postal voting on demand, the stench of malpractice now hangs over the process, whether it be through serial abuses on the electoral roll or widespread fraud in the casting of postal votes." --->>>

Monday, May 3, 2010

UK - Election law loophole exposes postal votes to danger of fraud - Times Online

Election law loophole exposes postal votes to danger of fraud - Times Online:

Election chiefs have called for political parties to be banned from handling postal vote forms as an investigation by The Times exposes major loopholes in guidelines to prevent fraud.

Parties have been encouraging voters to send their postal vote application forms to local political offices instead of to town halls, against advice in the Electoral Commission’s code of conduct.

David Monks, the leader of Britain’s returning officers, condemned the practice yesterday and warned that it could lead to electoral fraud. --->>>

UK - Postal fiasco could deny thousands their vote | Mail Online

Postal fiasco could deny thousands their vote | Mail Online:

Tens of thousands could be robbed of their chance to take part in the closest General Election in a generation because of a postal votes fiasco.

Many who registered for a postal ballot - including the elderly and infirm - have still not received their vote three days before the nation goes to the polls. --->>>

Many Swedes in favor of online voting - Stockholm News

Many Swedes in favor of online voting - Stockholm News:

Thirty-eight percent of the Swedes would like to have the opportunity to vote in the parliamentary election on the internet or by SMS. This is shown in an investigation from Sifo. --->>>

UK - Postal voting surge brings warnings of electoral fraud | Politics | The Guardian

Postal voting surge brings warnings of electoral fraud | Politics | The Guardian:

Police have received at least 50 complaints about serious voter fraud in advance of this week's elections amid warnings that the rapid rise of postal voting is making the system vulnerable to abuse.

Accusations range from political activists putting pressure on people to mark their party's box on the postal vote form, to phantom voters being registered by candidates and their supporters to farm votes. The problems have emerged before most postal votes have been returned.

Most of the alleged abuses relate to the council elections in England, which coincide with the general election. --->>>