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Originally Posted by Sixgun_Symphony Independant
Indeed, there were suspicions the vote may have been hijacked by supporters of Tony Martin, the Norfolk farmer who was jailed for shooting a burglar. The winning proposal enjoyed a late surge in support in the final 24 hours of the poll, a jump attributed by the BBC to the fact that telephone votes - which were more firmly in favour of the anti-burglar proposal - were added at the last minute. |
The article itself states that it was probably a rigged vote - totally faked by the small UK pro-gun lobby in a totally undemocratic way.
This usually happens with phone votes - all you need is a list of supporters for whatever proposal it is, you ring round them and get them to ring up and vote.
Nice try, but no cigar.