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Originally Posted by bob-loblaw
Given that the information about Chu came to light after early voting and before electin day, there should be a legitimate method to challenge the vote based on the circumstances.
Elected Representatives should be held to highest standards of conduct, period. I can't believe that the Elections Act doesn't contain provisions for ethical standards. I still can't believe that someone like Kevin Johnson could still have his name on the ballot.
The timing of the news about Chu is all a little suspect to me. My belief is that police and judges are all compromised to some degree. Any time there is an investigation into police or lawyers they should be done by a separate jurisdiction to maximize impartiality.
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I think we need to be really careful with how people can be removed from office.
Having generic ethics clause would be ripe for abuse just look at how sports teams use them to get out of cap hits hits like the kings did with Mike Richards.
At some point you have to accept democracy results in some flawed outcomes but those flawed outcomes protect democracy.