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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>The review by Sir Eric Pickles into electoral fraud considered
postal voting and identified a number of areas in which the existing rules around
postal voting at elections could be tightened.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following
this, the Government will look for opportunities to introduce measures that will prohibit
party campaigners from handling postal votes, and apply a limit to the number of postal
ballots that any one individual can hand in at a polling station. Our intention would
be for the provisions to be backed up by a new offence, and will make a significant
contribution to enhancing the security of postal voting.</p><p> </p>
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