The Battles

Excerpt: “Mitch Wexler, a Conservative voter-data expert, said political parties can supplement voter registration lists with CENSUS information…” ttp://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1143808–robocalls-older-voters-targeted-by-phony-voting-day-phone-calls-elections-canada-believes?bn=1 Published On Fri Mar 9 2012 Federal elections officials say that the fraudulent phone calls appear to have targeted older voters. Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS Allan WoodsOttawa Bureau OTTAWA—Automated phone calls that directed people to the […]

The robocall affair puts us at the brink of crisis in our electoral  democracy. Yet there appears to be an effort to stifle public outrage, and  resolve any doubts in favour of the government, at this still-early stage in the  affair. This effort traces to the Harper government, unfortunately, but also to  media commentators (Chantal […]

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1142931–new-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-come-to-light-in-toronto-cbc Alleged voting irregularities in the 2011 federal election have taken a new twist with accusations that hundreds of unregistered voters cast ballots in the Eglinton-Lawrence riding, according to CBC. The Conservative Party has been dogged for weeks now with allegations that it was behind so-called robo-calls and other dirty tricks that critics says swung […]

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/06/conservative-campaign-spending-records-under-elections-canada-microscope-in-robocalls-investigation/ Postmedia News Mar 6, 2012 – 9:28 AM ET | Last Updated: Mar 6, 2012 2:46 PM ET Reuters files A sign from a demonstration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday. Elections Canada wants to know why the costs of automated calls the Tory campaign has admitted sending out never appeared in the […]

http://www.thestar.com/iphone/news/canada/politics/article/1140344–conservative-mps-used-top-republican-firm-during-may-election?bn=1 March 3, 2012 00:03:00 Linda Diebel  National Affairs Writer Fourteen Conservative MPs signed on with a well-connected Republican company during last year’s election campaign, contrary to the party’s claims, the Star has learned. On its website, Front Porch Strategies, a “voter contact and constituency outreach” firm based in Columbus, Ohio, boasts: “In May’s federal […]