Chinese Politican Calls for a Ban on Text Voting

What happens when Communism meets Text Messaging?

A Chinese politician, Zhao Linzhong has called for SMS voting to be banned as it "breeds corruption". He said that such activities are serious in nature and affect the morality of the people.

"In some places voting through text messages is even used to choose local famous brands or model workers," Zhao Linzhong, a deputy to the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC), the national legislature of China has said.

Some candidates hire people to vote that help the richer win and deprive the poor of a chance to get elected, Zhao added.

Read all of the details @ Cellular News.

Posted at March 04 2008 09:33:07 PM in Politics

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