For the first time, vote-rigging may become a serious issue at a general

[PennyMan]

election - perhaps in just three months' time. With several cases of alleged vote-rigging and fraud already under investigation - in Reading, Birmingham, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire - the Electoral Commission is pressing guidelines on detecting voting fraud on senior police and election officers.

Meanwhile, the government remains keen on electronic voting and is aiming at "an e-enabled election some time after 2006". Will this raise turnout or simply increase the risk of fraud? Several pilots have been held. In 2003, six local authorities electronically counted ballot papers where votes had also been cast electronically. Surprisingly, there has been no manual checking of the e-counting results.

Here Is The Link
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/egovernment/comment/0,12767,1403546,00.html

[berniew1]

1. Sounds similar to the 2004 U.S. election: documentation

http://www.flcv.com/ussumall.html

[Wilms]

2. It's the globalization of Election Fraud. n/t