Is this another attempt to steal the next election?

Postal voting, dodgy electoral rolls, delayed counts and now reducing the number of polling stations.

"Thousands of polling stations would be closed and voting hours reduced under a plan to cut the cost of elections. "

Any other ideas to maybe help Labour win a few more seats than would otherwise be the case? Here's one "reducing security at election counts".

What else? Maybe only printing the name of the Labour candidate on the polling slip? How about only opening polling stations between 10am and 4pm so the employed can't vote? What about having multiple polling stations only in safe Labour areas of constituencies and just one polling station per Conservative leaning area?

Of course those last ideas were satirical! The real plan is that a swine flu epidemic will necessitate the imposition of the Civil Contingency Act.