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Originally Posted by Reaper
Five years in jail sounds about right for perverting the course of a federal election.
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The other outcome (on a bigger scale) is that ridings where this fraud is shown to have occurred, could lead to by-elections.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canad...202108363.html
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"If a judge is satisfied [the dirty tricks] could have affected the results then the judge can overturn the election and the government must call a by-election," said Kingsley, who held Elections Canada's top post for 17 year before resigning in 2007. "The judge would have to be satisfied that the number of electors who were affected or potentially affected is greater than the difference in the votes between the candidate who came in first and the candidate who came second."
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Out of the 40 ridings tied to the scandal, it seams that many were won in a clear majority (for all parties sides), but there are also other riding where the difference was less 18-35 votes or a couple hundred.
It'll be interesting to see what justifies "that the number of electors who were affected or potentially affected is greater than the difference in the votes" element. Especially, since it'll be hard to determine how many people were misdirected.