Welcome news from Birmingham regarding postal votes (not a phrase I’ve often typed…):
A former Liberal Democrat candidate has been cleared of forging 12 postal votes application forms.
It had been alleged that Mohammed Khan, who stood for election in the Nechells area in the 2006 local elections, was involved in the fraud in order to further his own election prospects. (Birmingham Post)
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