Bloc Québécois voter’s mail-in ballot was returned to sender after the election
Elections Canada said the return address printed on this elector’s return envelope was incorrect — specifically, part of the postal code.
Courts could force byelection, expert says
But Ara Karaboghossian, professor of political science at Vanier College, says there’s a chance this saga isn’t over. He said the election could be contested through Elections Canada’s contested elections process. He said irregularities can be the basis for contesting a decision
“It says that if there is any type of irregularity that has an effect on the result, then the person can actually contest,” said Karaboghossian. “The elector can contest. A candidate can contest. It’s open to anybody.”
The case will hinge on what an irregularity is, but it seems to Karaboghossian that a misprint on a self-addressed, stamped envelope could fall into that category.
Good news for Bloc Québécois
Not really though, I live in Red Deer. It’d take 3/4ths of the Conservative voters to sleep in (in addition to the ones who already did) for my vote to have made a difference.
In ridings where it’s close-ish, you can still trigger trends that result in more spending on your riding, but when it’s 80:20 your riding will always be ignored. FPTP sucks.
We’re talking of a riding here where the votes would have been exactly 50/50 for the top 2 representatives and would have triggered a by-election. Of course it matters!
Well in this riding yeah - my point is that in FPTP every vote matters in some ridings, but in many, it just doesn’t