It ain't just Florida:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4410743.stm
Excerpt:
Judge Richard Mawrey quashed the results of two local council elections in Birmingham after deciding there had been systematic large-scale vote rigging.
But the implications are wider: it was regarded as a test case for similar complaints in other cities; and record numbers of people have been applying for postal votes in the general election.
He criticised the government's insistence that the current postal voting system was working.
"Anybody who has sat through the case I have just tried and listened to evidence of electoral fraud that would disgrace a banana republic would find this statement surprising," he said.
The scandal in Birmingham threatens to undermine Britain's long-established reputation for trustworthy elections.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4410743.stm
Excerpt:
Judge Richard Mawrey quashed the results of two local council elections in Birmingham after deciding there had been systematic large-scale vote rigging.
But the implications are wider: it was regarded as a test case for similar complaints in other cities; and record numbers of people have been applying for postal votes in the general election.
He criticised the government's insistence that the current postal voting system was working.
"Anybody who has sat through the case I have just tried and listened to evidence of electoral fraud that would disgrace a banana republic would find this statement surprising," he said.
The scandal in Birmingham threatens to undermine Britain's long-established reputation for trustworthy elections.