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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban on Friday claimed to have kidnapped 30 campaign workers, election officials and even a candidate for Parliament as Afghans prepared to vote in elections Saturday.

At least 400 Afghans have died in violence across the country this year, including factional fighting and attacks by suspected Taliban fighters on government officials, aid workers, election workers and now, apparently, on registered voters.

The office said Friday in a statement that it had found 534 cases of a poll worker, election official or voter committing an error and 140 confirmed incidents of illegal crossover voting.

Postal workers deliver election material as well as letters and commercial mailshots.

Sending out 650 paid campaign workers at election time, he won 40percentt of the vote in a field of five.

He also asked for money to raise the stipend paid to poll workers on Election Day to $250 from $130.

Instead, Ms. McCormack said, she will phase in touch-screen voting so that voters, poll workers and election officials can absorb the changes and learn from mistakes.

Among other proposals, the task force wants the state to require an increase in the minimum wage that local governments pay poll workers and election inspectors.

Right now, the workers' union election is scheduled to begin Dec. 4.

affiliate that mobilizes nonunion workers during elections.

"Employers often terrorize workers during elections by intimidating them and by firing union supporters," Mr. Lerner said.