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Legal action sought over ballot mix-up Advance voting. Pair of One Surrey candidates were listed as unaffiliated, putting party at disadvantage, says mayoral contender MATT kieltyka
matt.kieltyka@metronews.ca
Surrey mayoral candidate Barinder Rasode says her One Surrey party will take legal action after a ballot mix-up at advance poll stations. Rasode says she began getting calls from concerned voters on Saturday that two candidates running under her One Surrey banner, Michael Bose and Maz Artang, were listed as unaffiliated on ballots. “It’s an egregious error, one that puts the One Surrey team at a disadvantage,” she told Metro on Sunday. “We brand ourselves with the name. It’s difficult to mention all the candidate names in a radio ad, so we use the name so voters know all of these people have signed up for the One Surrey platform.” Rasode says Bose’s and
Surrey mayoral hopeful Barinder Rasode says her party will explore legal action after the affiliation of two One Surrey candidates was left off advance voting ballots. CONTRIBUTED Artang’s paperwork was completed properly, and that the city’s election officers admit-
ted the mistake. Advance polls at Cloverdale Recreation Centre, Sunnyside
Hall and the city’s election depot were temporarily shut down for about an hour to ad-
dress the problem. New ballots were printed, but the city says votes that
were cast before the fix will still be counted. Rasode was not happy with the city’s response to the error, and she described a hypothetical situation where one of the candidates could lose out on a council seat because some voters at advance polls didn’t know their affiliation. “It speaks to the integrity of the process. All we want is fairness for all candidates,” she said. “We’ve consulted a lawyer and we’re moving forward with legal action.” The specifics of the legal action are expected to be announced Monday, she says. Rival party Surrey First released a statement through campaign manager Stewart Braddick, calling for all votes cast on Saturday to be counted and to check whether Bose’s and Artang’s paperwork was completed properly (an insinuation Rasode called “ridiculous”). Braddick also expressed concern that all candidates weren’t notified when polls were closed and that election officials were unable to be reached at the time. Follow Matt Kieltyka on Twitter @Mkieltyka
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