Canadian Federal Court OKs challenge to 7 Conservative robocall-aided election wins
Source: CBC News
The Federal Court is letting a challenge proceed regarding the 2011 election results in seven ridings across the country.
A group of voters, backed by the Council of Canadians, wants the court to overturn the results because of allegations of misleading phone calls that attempted to send voters to the wrong polling stations.
Overturning the results would mean a byelection in each riding. The seven Conservative MPs who won those seats had asked the court to dismiss the case before it went to a full hearing.
... Prothonotary Martha Milczynski heard the case on June 25. In her ruling, she says the applications to dismiss the election results ... identify practices that, “if proven, point to a campaign of activities that would seek to deny eligible voters their right to vote."
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/07/19/pol-council-of-canadians-lawsuit.html
From the comments: "There's potential for 11 ridings up for by-elections, and an 11 seat change removes Majority."
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