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 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.
Over 470,000 voters intentionally left the second question blank, meaning that only 45percentt of those casting ballots supported statehood.
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.
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.
Let the Democratic, Republican, Green parties and others already on the ballot support him.
5 February: National Voter Registration Day Organised by Bite the Ballot and supported by the Electoral Commission, this is a campaign to get people registered in good time for the big day.
Then in 1994 came a ballot initiative, supported by Mr Wilson, which sought to make life much more difficult for illegal immigrants.
