“FLYING VOTERS”
ORGANISED IRREGULARITIES INDICATED BUDAPEST, Sept. 1. Reuter’s correspondent says that although it is too early to assess the extent of the abuses of voting in the Hungarian elections, a study of the British and American observers’ reports in all parts of Hungary indicated first, that the secret ballot was strictly observed; secondly, that there was no intimidation of voters in or near polling booths: thirdly, that there was no doubt that organised abuses in the form of “flying voters” occurred in many districts; fourthly, that an overwhelming majority of these plural voters were Communists; fifthly, that the blue cards which they used were original forms. According to British and American reports the election committees in several districts asked the Minister of the Interior for permission not to allow’ flying voters to vote uhtil after 7 p.m. in case they were left with no voting papers for their local voters. In every case they were ordered by the Ministry to allow “ blue card ” voters to vote.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26556, 3 September 1947, Page 5
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