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Old 05-05-2010, 20:13   #501
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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 4

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Originally Posted by Hom3r View Post
What I want to know why our vote tomorrow isn't private.

You look when you go and get your ballot paper tomorrow, they will take it out of a "cheque book" type book and when you state your name, they will write a number on the stub.

On both the stub and ballot paper are punched holes unique to that paper/stub.
I'd presume that it's to minimise electoral fraud....