Times Online

June 10, 2004

Postal ballot dirty tricks exposed
By Jill Sherman, Dominic Kennedy and Rosemary Bennett

SENIOR Labour officials were accused last night of orchestrating a postal
ballot dirty tricks campaign amid rising concern over electoral fraud and
malpractice.

An investigation by The Times has discovered that Labours General Secretary
is urging activists to set up bogus ballot boxes today outside traditional
polling stations in all-postal voting areas...

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-1140590,00.html

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Labour manual tells supporters how to get hold of postal votes
By Stefanie Marsh

THE Labour Party has produced a 30-page manual for its members on how to
extract postal votes from the public on their doorsteps...

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-1140346,00.html

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Witness rule blamed for loss of confidentiality
By Dominic Kennedy

THE loss of a secret ballot for many citizens in todays elections is being
blamed on a last-minute rule change insisting a witness must sign a postal
voters declaration of identity...

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-1140308,00.html

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