Corruption in political elections in the US is kind of a joke. A joke that isn't actually very funny. If it isn't dead people voting, it's the far worse potential for widespread fraud using mysterious, black box electronic voting.
Folks in the UK are very proud of the "corruption free" government. When I suggest to British colleagues that things might be less than snowy white in this country, for example by referring to the corruption perception index where Britain comes in behind all those Nordic countries in 11th place (the US comes in at 17 in 2005) I get looks of mild offense. The British are very proud of their "above-board" government, and like ostriches they often stick their heads in the sand when it comes to scandal in their own ranks. (My view is that this attitude actually makes corruption more likely).
Changes to electoral law and postal voting in the UK has made election fraud easier...much easier. Bad politicians can collect postal ballots, rig elections and deny individuals a personal, private vote at the same time. There some indication already that there's been widespread fraud ahead of next week's local elections.
It's horrible, but I can't quite shake the schadenfreude.
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