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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem
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BCFD 36 wrote:
> On 9/3/24 13:15, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> On Sun, 01 Sep 2024 08:11:29 -0700, Paul S Person
> [stuff deleted]
> 
>> I would have thought it was mostly (a) to ensure only citizens voted
>> and (b) that nobody attempted to vote twice (though in a recent
>> election there was a scandal concerning one group of immigrants who
>> professed not to speak English but were caught going from station to
>> station voting multiple times - we're talking about a team of about
>> 20-30 individuals who were though to have voted 15-20 times each)
>>
> 
> I would be very interested to know where this happened.
> 
I presume he's speaking of Canada and I've seen no such stories in the 
press with regard to actual elections.  As I mentioned earlier, similar 
behavior is not unknown in candidate nomination meetings, sometimes as 
the behest of foreign countries.

I do recall two scandals which did lead to legal action.

People within the conservative party engaged in voter suppression on a 
large scale in 2011 and successfully stonewalled the investigation to 
the point that only one person was tried and convicted.  In the same 
election  the liberal candidate in the  riding south of me filed suit 
claiming that 181 illegal votes had been cast.  A judge threw out 79 but 
the supreme court in a 4-3 decision let the election stand even though 
thew winning margin was 26.

William Hyde