From preventing ethnic minority voters from registering their votes at polling stations in Florida, to registration of "ghost" electors and "grannie-farming" of votes in Hackney, election fraud comes in many and varied guises. Nick Davies of The Guardian newspaper examines possible changes in British election law and the views of the Electoral Commission on electoral fraud.
Wednesday, May 09, 2001
Vote Early, Vote Often
From preventing ethnic minority voters from registering their votes at polling stations in Florida, to registration of "ghost" electors and "grannie-farming" of votes in Hackney, election fraud comes in many and varied guises. Nick Davies of The Guardian newspaper examines possible changes in British election law and the views of the Electoral Commission on electoral fraud.
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