The mark of Kane

sir – In that great film Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles, Kane runs for election as governor. When a scandal causes him to lose, his newspaper staff reveal that they had two headlines prepared. One is, “Kane Wins” and the other is, “Fraud at Polls!”

Clearly not a new stratagem.

Paul Jones

Radcliffe-on-trent, Nottinghamshire

sir – I am not a fan of Donald Trump and think he should accept the result of the US presidential election, which had such a large voter turnout.

However, I am amazed at Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, Ian Blackford, the Commons leader of the SNP, and the BBC, who preach that Mr Trump’s reaction to potential defeat is an insult to democracy.

They spent three years trying to frustrate and overturn the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum, which also had a high voter turnout.

Philip Samengo-turner Cirencester, Gloucestershire

sir – Now is a good time for our Government to learn some lessons from the US elections.

When I was a young constable in Liverpool in the Sixties and Seventies, there was always a police officer present at polling stations and every ballot box had a police escort from there to the counting centre. Neither of these practices happen now.

Since getting involved in politics, I have become convinced there is systematic and organised fraud surrounding postal voting.

While there is definitely a case for some categories of voters – such as the military, the disabled and those working away – to be allowed a postal vote, now that they are “on demand”, any voter can have theirs stolen or fabricated.

The lack of security around ballot boxes and postal voting has the potential to undermine our electoral system.

Mike Speakman

Retired Deputy Chief Constable Worlaby, Lincolnshire