Sunday Times reports "ghost" voters in Akhtar's property
No wonder Jack "Votes by the Sack" Straw looked worried on Thursday night......
1. Hussain Akhtar, is a Blackburn Labour councillor seen often in the company of Jack Straw throughout the elction campaign.
2. A deserted property he owns in Whalley Range was boarded up with “Vote Labour” placards during the election campaign.
3. 10 voters are registered (including Labour Councillor Hussain Akhtar) at this empty uninhabited property.It is rumoured that the "voters" are part of Labour Councillor Akhtars "extended family".
4. A registered tenant at this property in 2002 was Afrin Hussain.(record is actually Afrian Hussein) on the computer record.
5. Afrian Hussein moved out 5 years ago and lives elsewhere with her husband where she is registered to vote.
6. It is not known at this stage if any of these votes were used in the election.
Tony Melia, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Blackburn who came third in Thursday’s poll, said: “I have made a complaint about this matter to Jack Straw.
“We need to know why these people are registered at this address, who registered them and, most importantly, whether they voted. I am particularly concerned at voters who are registered and moved out some years ago.” he is seen here with his agent discussing the chances of voter fraud - outside can be seen Craig Murray's Green Goddess with spying equipment. David Shayler was lurking about the cafe at this point.
Only 66% of the registered postal voters in Blackburn used their vote it was stated at the count on Thursday night by the Returning Officer.
Claims have ben made that Police attempting to investigate complaints have been discouraged from pursuing them by Council Officials.
Stay tuned.
Labour Councillor Akhtar can be contacted by e-mail or Tel (01254) 52859
2 comments:
I have known councillor Akhtar for almost 26 years. He is a kind, generous and reliable man. His help towards the community is incalculable. The mouse droppings found in his shop are not of his cause but I must say the food past his sell by date are. I approached councillor Akhtar about the mouse droppings, he said that he has called rentokil and other companies many a times and paid a lot of money to get rid of the mice. They told him that they actions they have taken have reduced the mice and are continuing to do so. I comfortably shop in his shop every week and the fruit tastes as good as it does in 1980.
I am sure Cllr Akhtar is a wonderful grocer and Councillor, regrettably there does seem to be confusion about the postal votes registered at a property he owned at the last General Election.
I am ignorant of his mouse droppings.
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