Friday, September 19, 2014

Scottish referendum: Police investigate electoral fraud probe in Glasgow


Police at the Emirates Stadium in the Scottish city said they were investigating possible cases of double vote impersonation where people pretend to be someone else, cast a vote and then the real person later turns up to vote again.

Colin Edgar, spokesman for the Counting Officer, said: “What appears to have happened is somebody has arrived at the polling station and given their name and asked to vote.

“The polling clerk has gone to cross off their name and it appears that they have already voted, so what we did was contact the police straight away .... http://www.express.co.uk