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An in-depth look at voter suppression in Canada

A rally earlier this year protesting 'robocalls' and voter suppression.
The widespread accounts of electoral fraud and voter suppression in the 2011 federal election are now a major volume in Canadian electoral history.

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Voter suppression revealed: The stealth attack on Canadian democracy
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'Professional agitators' or defenders of democracy?

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The Conservatives blame "professional agitators," in a new motion to dismiss the legal challenges seeking to overturn federal election results.

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Council of Canadians support for legal challenges 'stirring up strife' according to Conservatives
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Not Rex: Robocall 2015

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Not Rex looks into the future, at a robocall on the eve of the October 2015 election.

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Not Rex: Robocall 2015
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Fraud found in robocalls case; Supreme Court appeal being considered
May 24, 2013 |
The decision vindicates the applicants' concerns, as the judge concludes that "fraud occurred in the 2011 Federal Election" though he did not annul the results.
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Audit of 2011 federal election gives even more reasons for public inquiry into Elections Canada

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Democracy Watch
| May 2, 2013

Audit of 2011 federal election gives even more reasons for public inquiry into Elections Canada’s enforcement actions – along with 3,000 secret complaint rulings since 1997

Changes to law needed before next election to require Elections Canada to enhance pre-election voter registration, have clear rules and better training for election workers, to conduct full public audits after every election, and to disclose all rulings

Thursday, May 2, 2013

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Canada, your Emperor has no clothes

On our first day of fundraising for the NoRobo Campaign, we had a exciting and scary moment when an article written about us appeared on Postmedia's Canada.com. The tone was both critical and amused, but it was a pleasure to see her cite our assertion that the Robocall Scandal "is the biggest case of electoral fraud in Canada, ever."

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No excuse for federal Conservatives to be seven months overdue with anti-robocall law

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Democracy Watch
| April 19, 2013

Alberta passed new law quickly last fall; federal Liberals and NDP have introduced bills (both opposed by the Conservatives); and Elections Canada has proposed changes

More than 68,000 messages sent in letter-writing drive for robocall law – inquiry into weak election law enforcement also needed

Friday, April 19, 2013

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What tales does Michael Sona have to tell?

Nearly two years after the 2011 election, Elections Canada has brought charges against Michael Sona.

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Junior Conservative charged for robocalls: What tales does he have to tell?
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Karl Nerenberg

Junior Conservative charged for robocalls: What tales does he have to tell?

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Karl Nerenberg
| April 3, 2013

Finally we have movement in the long and drawn-out voter suppression investigation.

A junior Conservative staffer on the 2011 federal campaign in the Guelph riding has been charged with attempting to prevent someone from voting, an offence under the Canada Elections Act.

The staffer's name is Michael Sona.

He is alleged to have committed his offence by ordering automated -- or "robo" -- calls, which told carefully selected “non-Conservative” voters, falsely, that polling stations had been moved.

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Harper government appears uninterested in Chief Electoral Officer's recommendations

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Karl Nerenberg
| March 28, 2013

The Conservative government has not consulted Chief Electoral Officer, Marc Mayrand, on possible changes to Canada's elections act.

Nor has the Government acted on recommendations the Chief Electoral officer made before the last election, in 2010.

Had some of those recommendations been implemented before the 2011 election, the Chief Electoral Officer would have had more effective tools to investigate the many abuses that have been reported since then.

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