Original sentence: Fraud has only been alleged in many areas, including Hull, where the Deputy Prime Minister's constituency is.He noted that the marked postal ballots might as well be marked "Steal Me".In 2000, the law was changed so that applicants for a postal vote no longer had to state a reason why they were unable to vote in person.On 4 April 2005, Richard Mawrey QC (sitting as a judge in an Election Court) declared the result of two wards in Birmingham from the 2004 local elections void by reason of "widespread fraud" in postal voting committed by Labour party candidates, who were seen submitted carrier bags full of postal votes on election day.Other local cases, most notably in Bradford, have seen accusations of postal voting frauds committed by other parties.Postal voting has been permitted in United Kingdom elections since 1918.The Labour party has consistently refused.The Sun has reported that up to 7 million postal ballots will be made in the general election (which, as it is at least four times higher than the number made in the crooked Birmingham elections, makes rigging the election much easier, as reported in the Daily Mail on 6 April).This has given rise to widespread voting fraud, mainly by the governing Labour party, which has led the main opposition parties and the Electoral Commission to call for the law to be altered back
Edited sentence: In 2000, after a recommendation from a Home Office departmental committee which was supported by all parties, the law was changed so that applicants for a postal vote no longer had to state a reason why they were unable to vote in person.On 4 April 2005, Richard Mawrey QC (sitting as a judge in an Election Court) declared the result of two wards in Birmingham from the 2004 local elections void by reason of "widespread fraud" in postal voting committed by the successful candidates, who happened to be members of the Labour Party.Other local cases, most notably in Bradford, have seen accusations of postal voting frauds committed by other parties; however fraud has only been alleged in a few discrete areas.Postal voting has been permitted in United Kingdom elections since 1918 and the procedure for casting votes through the post has not altered since that time