PC motion to suspend Bruce Chaulk defeated in House, all-party committee to update Elections Act
A PC motion calling for an investigation into the 2021 N.L. election, and for Chief Electoral Office Bruce Chaulk to be suspended during that investigation, was defeated in the House of Assembly late Monday afternoon.
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Posted: Apr 21, 2021 3:20 PM NT | Last Updated: April 21
A PC motion called for Bruce Chaulk, the chief electoral officer with Elections NL, to be suspended during an investigation into what went wrong during the spring election in Newfoundland and Labrador. (Mike Simms/CBC)
Tories move for Bruce Chaulk to be suspended while election investigated
The Tories want Chief Electoral Officer Bruce Chaulk to be suspended while that review is conducted.
NTV’s Michael Connors reports.
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s New Democratic Party has filed a legal challenge to last month’s provincial election, alleging widespread irregularities with mail-in balloting and asking a judge to toss out the results.
The constitutional challenge comes after the pandemic-delayed vote
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one of the lowest turnouts ever in a Canadian provincial election. A COVID-19 outbreak forced the last-minute cancellation of all in-person voting, and just 48 per cent of eligible voters ended up casting a ballot.
Posted: Apr 07, 2021 8:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 7
In her application for a recount in St. John s East-Quidi Vidi, NDP Leader Alison Coffin says across the province, thousands of people were added to the voters list upon having a simple telephone call with Elections NL workers … without proof of identity. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press)