Supporters of the Texas law say it is needed to help prevent fraudulent voting.

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Campaigners said reports of fraudulent voting would invalidate enough ballots to launch Mr. Shafiq into first place.

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The BBC reserves the right to disqualify votes if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting.

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