Three admit electoral fraud in Derby local elections
I’ve reported before the investigations into election fraud in Derby.
Three people have now admitted taking part in fraud:
Nasreen Akhtar, who was a polling station clerk at the Madeley Centre Polling Station, in Arboretum Ward, yesterday admitted helping her nieces, Tameena Ali and Samra Ali, to cast fraudulent votes by pretending to be someone else.
Tameena Ali cast her vote for the Labour candidate, Gulfraz Nawaz, in the name of Noshiela Maqsood, who is no relation, whereas Samra Ali left before marking the ballot paper. [Derby Telegraph]
And given Labour only won that seat by a tiny number of votes in 2012 could have made a real difference to the result…