What is it?
Acts of fraud tend to involve affecting vote counts to bring
about a desired election outcome, whether by increasing the vote
share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the
rival candidates, or both. There are many different types of
electoral fraud including:
- Misuse of postal or proxy votes
- Destruction or invalidation of ballot papers
What can I do?
There are simple steps you can take in order to prevent yourself
falling prey to electoral fraud:
- Keep polling cards and postal ballots safe at home , not
allowing others to handle them at any time
- If you arrive at the polling station and someone has voted in
your name, notify the Presiding Officer. They will provide you with
a tendered ballot allowing you to vote
- When filling in postal ballots, do so alone. Do not allow
anyone else to see you choice or cast it on your behalf
- Put postal ballots into the envelope and seal it yourself
- Under no circumstances give your postal ballot to anyone else
before the envelope is sealed
- If anyone tries to help you against your will or force you to
give them your postal vote, contact the police
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If you think someone is carrying out electoral fraud or
encouraging others to commit fraud, you can report this anonymously
by telephoning 01733 452249.