ELECTION SCANDAL
VOTERS IN IRELAND. ' THE “FLYING EQIiAC” EVIL. Dl'lll.lN, Aland Id. Flying squads impersonating dead sick ami dying, besides absentees and. the indifferent, are still most prominent in the Irish elections, despite the Covernmen.t’s efforts to) check the evil, v.lhich party organ, isers have reportedly encouraged, oven providing disguises to enable impersonators to represent a dozen voters. The enfranchisement of women lias proved that they are more adopt at impersonation than men., enanging iiats. clothes and even borrowing bab- \ ies in. order to deceive polling officers. During the recent election at Belfast, where, the electorate is 20.000, flying sequads impersonated 2050 voters. One man, voted 20 times. The abuse has become such n. scandal in Ulster that the Government has ordered an. inquiry.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 62, 19 March 1929, Page 3
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124ELECTION SCANDAL Stratford Evening Post, Issue 62, 19 March 1929, Page 3
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