Britain Makes Voter ID Compulsory – But Mail-In Voting Still a Weakness
Britain’s Elections Act, which has just received Royal Assent, has finally made voter ID compulsory at polling stations — but questions remain about mail-in voting fraud.
Britain’s Elections Act, which has just received Royal Assent, has finally made voter ID compulsory at polling stations — but questions remain about mail-in voting fraud.
Amid allegations of voter fraud in last week’s elections, Boris Johnson’s government will reportedly roll out a series of electoral reforms, including requiring voter ID, in the Queen’s Speech on Tuesday.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the expansion of postal voting in the upcoming local elections, claiming that the “disproportionate” effect of the Chinese coronavirus on ethnic minorities and the elderly will reduce voter turnout. Mr Khan has been
Nigel Farage has predicted evidence of UK-style postal voting fraud will be found in the U.S., but that Donald Trump will fight again in 2024 even if Biden takes the White House.
The campaign of Michigan Senatorial candidate John James (R) has accused local officials of impropriety, voter suppression, and election interference after incumbent Gary Peters picked up hundreds of thousands of votes overnight.
Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, urged concerned citizens to volunteer with local authorities to protect the integrity of forthcoming elections in November, offering her remarks on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Alex Marlow.
John Pudner, executive director of Take Back Our Republic, told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight that President Donald Trump’s criticism of mail-in voting may unintentionally suppress his own turnout in November by dissuading Republican voters from using absentee ballots.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) warned of Democrats’ political exploitation of the coronavirus outbreak as a pretext to nationally implement all-mail voting and ballot harvesting, offering his remarks on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow. Marlow
Local politician Israr Rashid has been charged with a number of vote-by-mail offences in High Wycombe, England.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip ‘Remainer Phil’ Hammond will tender his resignation to Theresa May before she herself resigns the prime ministership if Boris Johnson becomes Tory leader.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected for a second four-year term on Tuesday, although the country’s opposition has rejected the result and accused him of overseeing an electoral fraud.
A £1.7 million police investigation into electoral fraud during the 2014 Tower Hamlets mayoral election has concluded without sufficient evidence to charge anyone, Scotland Yard has said.
The disgraced former mayor of Tower Hamlets has allegedly made a second attempt to launch a new political party, after police failed to bring any criminal charges against him for political corruption.
The government is to trial new measures designed to counter electoral fraud in areas including Tower Hamlets, where ethnic minority groups and the borough’s former Muslim mayor were found to have manipulated votes. Chris Skidmore, the Cabinet Office minister for
Election observers from Uganda and Guyana will be monitoring voting in one of the most multicultural constituencies in the UK, which is well known for a series of huge electoral fraud scandals.
Lutfur Rahman, the former mayor of Tower Hamlets, is seeking to overturn a court ruling banning him from running for office. Rahman was handed the ban in 2015 after being found to have used corrupt practices to secure a second term.
Up to 30 individuals, including MPs and their agents, could face criminal charges during the general election campaign following allegations of ‘systematic’ Tory electoral fraud and overspending.
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is inviting applications to be its candidate in a South Thanet by-election, anticipating the Conservative party will be stripped of its 2015 victory in the constituency.
The Electoral Commission has fined the Conservative party a record £70,000 over missing and unreported payments, claiming the rule breaking gave them a “realistic prospect” of an unfair advantage over UKIP in South Thanet.
Voters in Britain will have to bring proof of identity to polling stations for the first time next year as the government tries to crack down on electoral fraud.
A judge has granted police extra time to investigate all election fraud in South Thanet, where the Conservative party snatched victory from UKIP denying Nigel Farage a seat in Parliament. District judge Justin Barron said claims surrounding Tory expenses were
Magistrates have turned down an extraordinary request by the Tory MP for South Thanet and his agent to prevent Kent Police from having more time to investigate serious allegations of electoral misconduct, thanks to the far-reaching nature of the case.
Thousands of Muslims in Birmingham were told that they would burn in hell fire unless they voted for the Labour party, a court has heard. In May, Labour Councillor Ansar Ali Khan was re-elected in the district of Washwood Heath,