The Battles

(Related to earlier postings re “vote moving”.) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/03/14/toronto-voting-irregularities-scarborough.html CBC News Posted: Mar 14, 2012   9:30 PM ET;  Last Updated:  Mar 15, 2012   2:03 PM ET Mano Kanagamany, who has worked on Liberal Party campaigns in east Toronto for 25 years, says he and former Scarborough Southwest candidate Michelle Simson filed a complaint with Elections Canada […]

http://rabble.ca/news/2012/03/election-fraud-or-dirty-tricks-legal-status-robocalls?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rabble-news+%28rabble.ca+-+News+for+the+rest+of+us%29 By Peter Rosenthal While authorities are busy investigating election calls, many people are uncertain about whether deliberately misinforming voters about the location of their polling station is illegal or just a “dirty trick.” Be assured that such acts violate at least two sections of the Canada Elections Act and that substantial penalties may be […]

THE JOURNALIST’S DILEMMA  (and ours): I did see the video . . .  .   The key problem is that they skate over the key question: how the voters supposedly move. Their addresses won’t match up at the polling station and they won’t get a ballot in the normal course of events. It’s kind of a […]

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 […]