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Originally Posted by The Goon
As I understand it, it's illegal to discuss election results online or on any medium until the polls close in BC at 8pm Calgary time.
Yeah, I know-how enforceable is it, people have satellite dishes to find out eastern results, you could phone someone...but the maximum fine is apparently $25K and some jail time, so it's not worth risking it.
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Thats ancient history...though it used to be that way up until 1995 i believe.
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Reporting of Election Results. Elections Canada has announced that they will no
longer try to block the broadcast of elections results from Eastern regions ...
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http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/laws.html