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06/25/2004 Archived Entry: "Elections Canada mistake"

Posted by steve @ 03:49 PM EST [Link]

WAY TO KEEP UP ON CURRENT EVENTS: The Conservative Party of Canada, while relatively new, has been around long enough that you'd think Elections Canada would be prepared for them. Apparently not judging by this email I received from an official in British Columbia:

I am writing you to inform you of a bizarre goof by Elections Canada. I am the Deputy Returning Officer for Poll 048, Bridesville, BC. I am also a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

This morning I opened the elections material supplied by Elections Canada for the D.R.O.'s. In the package are the sticky badges for the Candidates Representatives (scrutineers). There are badges for all the political parties and a few blank ones. There are badges for the Canadian Alliance Party and the Progressive Conservative Party. There are no badges for the Conservative Party. Considering that the Alliance and PC's ceased to exist last December (in theory anyways), I find this error to be in extremely poor judgement.

Rumour has it that the D.R.O's will be getting proper badges for the Conservative Party in time for the election. Still this just shows how poorly bureaucracies function.