Snap Election Threatens Chaos Expert Warns of Lost Ballots and Votes for Sale in November Poll

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THOUSANDS of votes could be lost amid widespread ballot box chaos if Gordon Brown calls a snap Westminster poll, the UK's leading election official warned last night.

As election fever continued to mount, disturbing new details emerged from the Association of Electoral Administrators of delays in printing and distributing postal ballots, an out-of-date electoral roll and loopholes in anti-fraud laws.

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Snap Election Threatens Chaos Expert Warns of Lost Ballots and Votes for Sale in November Poll

AEA chief executive John Turner last night told Scotland on Sunday he had directly warned the Government and was "fearful" of an administrative crisis should Brown press ahead with a general election as early as November. His comments were backed by...

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