Saturday, February 25, 2012
Are There Genuine Safeguards To Bring About A Response To Tory "Dirty-Tricks" Campaigns?
Dr. Dawg is doing a good job of raising the significance of Tory dirty-tricks during the last election. The harpercon sleaze is intolerable. What are the chances that there could actually be by-elections in some of these ridings?
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The chances are zeeero. Elections Canada has already been captured. The RCMP are just as dangerous to liberty as the Harperites. The major news media are more interested in selling advertising than they are in democracy and it's traditions.
Carmichael,
You're right I'm afraid:
"Under the Elections Act, an election in a specific riding can be overturned if a "competent court" finds "there were irregularities, fraud or corrupt or illegal practices that affected the result of the election."
However any application to the court to contest the election must be made within 30 days of the election results being published in the Canada Gazette. A complaint can also be made the same day the applicant "knew or should have known of the occurrence of the alleged irregularity, fraud, corrupt practice or illegal practice."
Moreover, the Commissioner of Canada Elections would have to investigate and refer the matter to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, which would in turn decide whether charges were warranted. All of which means it is premature even to suggest any election results could conceivably be overturned.
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