Electoral fraud

Electoral fraud is when someone tries to cheat in an election by breaking electoral laws. It is officially called electoral malpractice.

Electoral fraud includes:

Campaigning

not declaring campaign expenses properly

not including the names and addresses of the printer and who the leaflets were printed for on election leaflets

Voting

pretending to be someone else to use their vote

bribing someone to vote the way you want them to

abusing a position of power to persuade someone to vote your way, for example a religious leader telling their congregation which way to vote

Becoming a candidate

lying on a candidate nomination form

forging or making up signatures on a candidate nomination form

registering as a candidate when you are ineligible, for example because of your occupation or criminal record

Registration

registering to vote when you are not entitled to vote

lying about the deadline for people to register to vote, to stop people bothering to register

If you see anything suspicious, or wish to report a crime, you can report this to 101 or online on our GMP website https://www.gmp.police.uk/

or you can contact the independent charity, Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or via their website: Independent UK charity taking crime information anonymously | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)

Kind regards,

Oldham Central Neighbourhood Policing Team.

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