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Mr Biggs» predecessor, Lutfur Rahman, was removed from office after he was found guilty of electoral fraud in his 2014 election.

Benford's law has also been recently applied to electoral fraud in order to detect voting anomalies.

The Tory MP argued that recent episodes of electoral fraud in local contests illustrate a wider problem of corruption whereby votes are cast in other people's names.

Kent Police have confirmed that they are looking into an allegation of electoral fraud in the Thanet South constituency seat.

The project follows a recent report from the Electoral Commission which revealed that the police recorded 481 cases of alleged electoral fraud in the UK last year.

That this House notes the improved security of ballots in Northern Ireland following implementation of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 which has also resulted in increased levels of voter registration; further notes the successful prosecutions for electoral fraud in Slough, Peterborough and Birmingham; further notes the 2007 Council of Europe investigation into electoral fraud in the UK and the recent report entitled Purity of Elections in the UK: Causes for Concern, published by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd which highlights how vulnerable the electoral system is to electoral fraud; and calls on the Government to improve electoral security across the rest of the UK.

«We are appealing to the National Executive Committee of our great Party to have the elections held at Ningo Prampram Constituency investigated thoroughly, and if the allegations against Samuel Nartey George are proven, annul the results of the elections and punish him severely for perpetuating such electoral fraud in his bid to short change the will of the people of Ningo Prampram Constituency and bring the NDC Party into disrepute.»

Trump formed — then disbanded — a commission to study unfounded allegations of electoral fraud in 2016, but not one to study Russian interference.

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In early hours of Monday, October 17th, after the announcement of the results of the regional elections, the Venezuelan opposition decried foul play and electoral fraud.

When the audit was over and the National Electoral Council determined that everything was in order, Capriles wasn't satisfied and still denouncing «electoral fraud» but this time claiming that the signature of all the records and fingerprints.

5) Did Dr Bawumia peddle falsehood at the Supreme Court in 2012 about electoral fraud, padding of votes, rigging and when he was pushed for evidence, his response was that «You and I were not there»?

Wafula Chebukati, chairman of the electoral commission, rejected the opposition's evidence of election fraud in a letter released Friday morning, calling it «obviously and plainly falsified.»

The Electoral Commission of Ghana announced that former Vice President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama won the Ghana presidential election, 2012 on 7 December 2012 and John Dramani Mahama was sworn in, amidst announcement of electoral fraud, as the reigning President of Ghana on 7 January 2013 to serve a four - year term that expires on Saturday, 7 January 2017.

Liberia's Supreme Court on Monday put a presidential run - off on hold until the electoral commission can investigate claims of irregularities and alleged fraud in last month's first round of voting.

A recent Democrat & Chronicle story on the push for electoral reforms in New York noted that the measures face «an uphill climb in the Republican - controlled Senate, where the GOP has long raised concern about opening the door to voter fraud.»

As part of strategies designed to prevent electoral fraud and violence, thus ensuring a hitch - free governorship election in Bayelsa State, and supplementary election in Kogi State billed to take place on Saturday, December 5, 2015, the Inspector - General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered restriction of movements within the -LSB-...]

The force said the restriction was in furtherance of strategies designed to prevent electoral fraud and violence and ensure a hitch - free governorship election in Bayelsa State, and supplementary election in Kogi State scheduled for Saturday, December 5, 2015.

Postal voters in the scandal - hit London borough of Tower Hamlets are to be closely monitored as part of new pilot schemes designed to stamp out electoral fraud, a government minister has said.

Sir Eric Pickles, the Government's Anti-Corruption Champion, has reviewed electoral fraud to make recommendations on what could be done to tackle the problem.Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, has claimed that electoral fraud is a «growing phenomena» in British elections.

Tower Hamlets was placed into special measures in 2015 after the former mayor Lutfur Rahman was found guilty of electoral fraud.

As part of strategies designed to prevent electoral fraud and violence, thus ensuring a hitch - free governorship election in Bayelsa State, and supplementary election in Kogi State billed to take place on Saturday, December 5, 2015, the Inspector - General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered restriction of movements within the boundaries of Bayelsa State with effect from 6.00 am to 6.00 pm on Saturday, 5th December, 2015.

The challenge of providing security for the poll, corrupted or not by electoral fraud, was underlined by a rocket attack on the presidential palace in Kabul this morning.

-- Previous fraud claims — As counting got under way, the candidates were urged to keep supporters calm to avoid the electoral violence that has hit Liberia in previous years.

Foreign observers have expressed confidence in Kenya's electoral process, despite opposition leader Raila Odinga's claim of massive fraud.

There is no evidence that it is widespread in the UK, but where it does happen electoral fraud has the potential to undermine public confidence.

In a situation like that, even a small amount of electoral fraud, or a small number of people whose vote was swayed by a negative story about a candidate, could be enough.

Wike maintained that the people of the state would not participate in the activities of the panel «because of its (panel) agenda against the PDP» while shielding policemen used by the APC to commit electoral fraud.

This reflected the positive impact on voter turnout at these elections (in some places, turnout doubled) and the fact that there was no evidence of an increase in electoral fraud.

The 2011 parliamentary vote was followed by anti-government street protests across Russia, sparked by what was widely perceived to have been large - scale electoral fraud: a rigged election in favour of United Russia.

There have been cases of electoral fraud with postal votes in the UK (including at the 2004 European and local government elections in Birmingham).

As part of strategies designed to prevent electoral fraud and violence, thus ensuring a hitch - free governorship election in Bayelsa State, and supplementary election in Kogi State billed to take place on Saturday, December 5, 2015, the Inspector - General...

Unequal constituency sizes, low voter turnout and the recent increase in electoral fraud compound the problem.

Even though we are required by law to accept the result of the December 7, 2016 polls, it is regrettable to note that the President elect (Akuffo - Addo) is to me a mistake of the Majority because he does not represent the will of the people, bearing in mind the electoral fraud and hacking in to the Electoral Commission's transmission data base.

The U.N. and Iraqi political leaders called for investigating electoral - fraud complaints and sought manual recounts in some districts, as questions intensified about the legitimacy of the recent parliamentary vote.

There is NO evidence that Labour activists commit more fraud than Tories; in fact more Tories have been convicted of electoral fraud than Labour if you really want to get into it.

Voter fraud fear - mongering is a right - wing smokescreen designed to not only disenfranchise the poor and people of color, but thwart efforts to deliver sorely needed electoral reforms in New York and across country.

The UNDP report also stated that the «the electoral process in Ghana is faced with a number of challenges such as electoral fraud, violence, bloated register, and intimidation of election officials.»

Omisore had over the weekend accused Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of electoral fraud, claiming that he won the 2014 gubernatorial election, but for manipulation of the process in favour of the incumbent governor.

«I have no record of such incident or other electoral fraud from anywhere in the state, so I can not comment or speak on it,» Okasanmi said.

A SENIOR Labour leadership campaigner to Jeremy Corbyn who lives between two homes in Brighton and London is at the centre of an electoral fraud row.

If incumbents in weak democracies foresee a greater risk of losing office, they sometimes employ electoral fraud and pre-electoral violence to maintain power,» he explains.

In the lead up to the Armenian presidential election on February 15th, the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) emerged as the only viable choice on the ballot after four other prospective candidates dropped out of the race, one of whom was shot in an assassination attempt, while another cited electoral fraud and commenced a hunger strike in protesIn the lead up to the Armenian presidential election on February 15th, the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) emerged as the only viable choice on the ballot after four other prospective candidates dropped out of the race, one of whom was shot in an assassination attempt, while another cited electoral fraud and commenced a hunger strike in protesin an assassination attempt, while another cited electoral fraud and commenced a hunger strike in protesin protest.

He has clients in places like Uzbekistan and Nigeria, where he represented Nasir El - Rufai, a former cabinet minister facing jail time, and Mallam Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, another politician who claims he was the victim of electoral fraud.

Measures introduced to modernise the electoral system, such as postal and electronic voting, have caused an increase in convictions for electoral fraud have led to greater vulnerability generally.

It was logical that a move from the honour system to an identity system would serve to make rare events of fraud and error rarer and would enhance voter confidence in the electoral system.

The government's stated concern was the potential for fraud or error that could result in voting by individuals not entitled to do so; the general purpose was to improve the integrity of the electoral process.

[52] Despite overwhelming evidence indicating the ease with which this wide - scale postal fraud was achieved, the judge noted that the government had published a statement in which it claimed that «the systems already in place to deal with the allegations of electoral fraud are clearly working.»

One of the biggest exercises in democracy must not turn out to be one of Britain's biggest electoral frauds,» he said, according to The Independent.