Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Silicon Valley Reports UK Voters Fear Election Fraud

Even Silicon Valley California is now reporting that the UK public is losing faith in the integrity of general elections, with more than a third of British voters concerned about election fraud.

In an internet article, silicon.com reports that the greatest concerns focus on the proposed introduction of more high-tech methods of voting which will lose a demonstrable 'paper trail'. The article says "technologies such as SMS, digital television and the internet have been proposed for e-voting and trials have already taken place in the UK. Of those polled by MORI, 56% said such technologies would make fraud easier to commit.