The damning verdict by Judge Richard Mawrey QC today on the widespread election fraud in six Birmingham seats brought the issue of postal only elections into the spotlight. Accusations were made by Judge Mawrey QC that the Government had not only been complacent but “in denial” about the failures in the system.

Commenting on this the Chair of the Liberal Democrats, Fiyaz Mughal, said that: "We the Liberal Democrats had raised the issue that fraud was more likely with all postal ballot elections, however the Government chose not to listen to the long list of concerns that the House of Lords and our Party had on this system. This process is very similar to the situation of the individuals who were detained indefinitely in Belmarsh. It takes the judicial process to get the Government to move on a position that is untenable and which defies basic logic.”

Fiyaz Mughal went on to say that: “There will need to be a fundamental overhaul of the postal ballot election system after this General Election and we should look at the issue with a clean slate in front of us. People also feel secure in going to local election centres and marking their crosses within a booth. All postal elections are not the way ahead.”

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