>> Postal voting should be banned. Its far too prone to fraud.
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>> Ah, so you'd disenfranchise the housebound would you? You'll be popular.
Zeddo is right though, there needs to be more control over postal voting. There is strong evidence of abuse in some communities and I'm not convinced care homes and like are immune either.
IIRC it used to be subject to rules such as proving you were housebound or working away. I used the facility once, probably for the 79 General Election. I was registered at my parent's home but working in London.
As well as proving my case there were hoops to jump through in sealing the vote into the envelope.
OTOH we struggle to get a decent turnout but I suspect that's cynicsm rather than it being too difficult to toddle round to the polling station.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Fri 4 Oct 13 at 10:42
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