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| Big political scandal brewing in Canada | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 28 2012, 10:17 AM (692 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 10:17 AM Post #1 |
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The Conservatives are in the cross hairs on this one. Its a huge dirty tricks expose, involving directing people to the wrong polling stations, etc. It first broke 3 days ago and as of tonight it involves 40s riding (districts). It could end up overturning some results in last years federal election in close races. Elections Canada, an apolitical organization is investigating. LINK |
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| Chris | Feb 28 2012, 10:30 AM Post #2 |
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"...robocalls...voter-suppression calls"??? |
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| jackd | Feb 28 2012, 10:36 AM Post #3 |
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More on the subject:
What can we do to get honest non-crooks politicians/political parties? Edited by jackd, Feb 28 2012, 10:45 AM.
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| Chris | Feb 28 2012, 11:02 AM Post #4 |
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Thanks, that's not good. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 11:07 AM Post #5 |
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Well lets be fair, it has not been determined if this was party policy or some folks working for them that took this upon themselves. Unlike the US, we have a national elections watchdog that sets voting standards across the country & monitors elections for fairness & abuse. They have broad powers to investigate, overturn results, even call a new election, and they are free of political interference. This could morph into the biggest political scandal in Canadian history if they determine it was orchestrated at a high level. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 11:12 AM Post #6 |
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BTW, at last our politics are getting as interesting as yours. A dubious honor to be sure. |
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| Chris | Feb 28 2012, 11:21 AM Post #7 |
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Right, sounds bad as Chicago politics. We have FEC at fed level, and states have election boards. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 11:22 AM Post #8 |
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What sort of powers do they have, Chris? |
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| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 11:24 AM Post #9 |
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The Wiki page on Elections Canada is brief but it appears accurate: LINK |
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| Chris | Feb 28 2012, 11:33 AM Post #10 |
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YOu can read about fec here: http://www.fec.gov/about.shtml I think it's special. The state boards are more responsible. Here's TX: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml |
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