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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I am going to bring this up with the party and I think that First Lady alluded to it but I am not sure what the options were. The candidate was elected by the members of the local constituency association to represent the Wildrose in the upcoming election. Does the party then have the option to have his name removed from the ballot? What if the ballot is printed, can they ask elections Alberta to strike out his party affiliation on the ballot?
I am not trying to pick a fight or debate the actions, I am really just not sure what options the party had.
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Those are all good questions. However, the least that Smith could have done is publicly condemned those comments as unacceptable for members of her party. That wouldn't even have been politically risky as I doubt that either Leech or Hunsberger were likely to be elected in their ridings anyway.