Voter suppression happens in Canada, as well
Ganked from ponygirl2000, with my sincere thanks because otherwise I wouldn't have seen this article at all. CBC News reports on voter suppression in Canada... just so it's clear that voter suppression does occur in other democratic countries besides the United States.
Tory election call scripts raised polling station changes
A company working for the Conservative Party phoned voters about polling station changes in ridings that had none, according to documents filed in Federal Court on Friday.
Responsive Marketing Group was making get-out-the-vote calls on behalf of Conservative candidates in a number of ridings, including five of six ridings at issue in a Federal Court challenge over the result of the election May 2, 2011. [...]
Not my country, of course, but oh thank God all the same. For a few hours there, I was really scared Romney was going to win.
FOUR MORE YEARS.
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Tory election call scripts raised polling station changes
A company working for the Conservative Party phoned voters about polling station changes in ridings that had none, according to documents filed in Federal Court on Friday.
Responsive Marketing Group was making get-out-the-vote calls on behalf of Conservative candidates in a number of ridings, including five of six ridings at issue in a Federal Court challenge over the result of the election May 2, 2011. [...]
Not my country, of course, but oh thank God all the same. For a few hours there, I was really scared Romney was going to win.
FOUR MORE YEARS.
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