Blimey, I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard about that, petra (I've just had to google it). Shocking. I've never been a fan of dishing out postal votes on demand to all and sundry, which seems to have caused most of the trouble. I feel we should go back to a system of their being allowed only when the elector can prove that they can't physically get to the polling station.
I still don't see who would be able to fix this ballot though - there'd have to be a lot of local officials involved, and what would they stand to gain?
I'm probably over-thinking the whole thing now. Roll on Friday, when we can start getting back to normality!
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