And because the e-mailed ballots arrive as computer documents, it is possible to cut off the voter's digitized signature, attach it to a ballot supporting another candidate, and send that ballot on to the state to be counted.
It follows a ballot supporting industrial action by tanker drivers belonging to the union, Unite, over their working conditions and pay.
The Cabinet Office said the strike "lacks authority" as the PCS was relying on a mandate for action that is more than a year old and the results of a ballot supported by less than a fifth of their members.
If a majority of the returned ballots support the district, the city will move forward to start levying assessments.
The Tory majority government, elected on 39% of the votes cast last Thursday, wants to restrict strikes to ballots supported by 40% of those eligible to vote.
Anthee Carassava (NYT) THE AMERICAS MEXICO: MAYORAL CANDIDATE BACKED In an unofficial plebiscite, hundreds of thousands of Mexico City residents cast ballots supporting the leading mayoral candidate's right to stand for election despite challenges by rivals to his residency status.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) claimed only 33% of those balloted supported the tube strike, with the organisation proposing legislation that would require 40% of balloted union members to be in favour of a strike.
Soon after the referendum was announced, opposition governors, most of whom have won local ballots supporting regional autonomy, launched a campaign of civil disobedience that quickly descended into violence.On the night of September 10th, hundreds of protesters overpowered soldiers protecting a big gas field.
Though the board usually decided not to count dimples as votes, Judge Burton said the board nonetheless went to great lengths to examine the ballots, supporting the Republican contention that it did not abuse its discretion in a way that would justify a judicial recount.
