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Alleged Labour vote-rigging halts Croydon selection

LABOUR is facing a crisis over parliamentary selections amid evidence of vote-rigging in at least one key constituency.

Veteran investigative journalist Michael Crick has exposed details of tampering with online voting in the selection of a candidate in Croydon East, a new seat certain to be won by Labour.

Mr Crick’s probe has found evidence of members and ex-members being registered to vote online without their knowledge and of systematic falsification of addresses. 

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