Postal Voting - Fraud Now Proven in Birmingham

Following on from my earlier article about the issues surrounding Postal Voting when it's conducted ligitimately, I notice that today the three Labour councillors accused of Fraud in Birmingham have been found guilty. It will be interesting to see how this is played out in the local Birmingham press, where we are challenging Labour in several seats including Hodge Hill and Yardley. It is believed that the fraud was perpetrated because of concerns of the effect of Labour's actions over Iraq on last year's ballot.

Labour argues that the use of postal voting increases voter turnout. A better way to do this would be to introduce a system of proportional voting. Then everyone's vote would count and frauds such as this would have little to no impact.