Labour is facing allegations of voter fraud in its selection process for candidates - but did 'irregularities' let Jas Athwal in?
  • GreatAlbatrossMEnglish
    6•3 months ago

    ML summary:

    Jas Athwal, the Labour Party MP for Ilford South, is a landlord with properties that tenants say have poor living conditions.
    In the selection process for the Ilford South seat, Athwal won a higher percentage of votes from the party’s online “Anonyvoter” system compared to in-person votes, despite his opponent Sam Tarry winning more of the in-person votes.
    There are concerns about a lack of transparency and potential for fraud in the Anonyvoter system, which has also been used in other Labour candidate selection processes with similar results favoring more centrist candidates.
    Former Labour MPs Sam Tarry and Beth Winter have raised legal concerns about the use of Anonyvoter, and several Labour-affiliated unions have expressed doubts about the system.

    • @[email protected]OP
      4•3 months ago

      It missed the part about there being an ongoing police investigation into rigging “for the Croydon East selection process, police cyber-crime specialists are investigating allegations of electoral fraud and tampering of membership lists. Labour used Anonyvoter here too.”

  • katy ✨
    0•3 months ago

    absolutely wild that the LABOUR party deselected an mp for standing on a picket line.