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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-11 09:29 PM
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Cons in Canada don't like it when college students vote either.......
U of Guelph ballots valid: Elections Canada

CBC News
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 10:50 AM ET


Elections Canada has ruled the votes cast by University of Guelph students earlier this week are valid despite a challenge by the Conservatives.

The controversy erupted after an incident at the university where students were lining up to cast special ballots. The Conservatives had a lawyer send a letter to Elections Canada complaining about the special voting on the southern Ontario university campus.

Elections Canada issued a statement on Friday that said the special ballots were not pre-authorized but they will still be counted in the May 2 election.

"All information at our disposal indicates that the votes were cast in a manner that respects the Canada Elections Act and are valid," the statement said. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/15/cv-election-guelph-student-vote.html



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Very_Boring_Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-11 09:30 PM
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1. A con rep who was there tried to STEAL the ballot box saying the votes were invalid
Seriously... he tried to grab the box and run.
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-11 09:36 PM
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2. The right wing is the same where ever you go
They are evil, its as simple as that.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-11 11:21 PM
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3. Oh please let them hang themselves.
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