Canada’s election watchdog is reporting another incident in which foreigners voted in the 2021 federal election. The revelation shows that, following an internal investigation into the election, a third of election officials encountered attempts to vote in the 2019 federal election.
“Michael James With was determined by Immigrants, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) as a Canadian citizen as the Election Day for the 44th Federal General Election, but was identified as voting,” Canada said. The election said. As a BlackRock reporter first reported, “Notice of violation on February 19th.
Wiest, whose nationality is not disclosed, voted on September 20, 2021 at a polling station in Simcoe County’s constituency in Simcoe County, central Ontario.
Under the Canadian Election Act, only Canadian citizens over the age of 18 are entitled to vote. Election Canada said the incident has been featured in the Canadian Elections Chairperson Election Office for investigation. WIEST was issued an administrative financial penalty of $1,250 after review by the Chief Election Officer.
Despite knowing that investigators were ineligible to vote, the summary pointed out that WIST went to the polling station to sign a certificate of registration and voted, resulting in a deteriorating factor of $1,000. Added to the line penalty.
“This series of intentional steps suggests that the violation is intentional and intentional,” which constitutes an exacerbation under Canadian Election Act, the summary It states.
The incident arises amid ongoing concerns about inaccuracies in voter lists.
A survey of election officials, which took place following the October 2019 federal election, found that 35% of poll staff members “suggested voters who were not on the list of voters and were unable to register at the polling station. I have met a lot of individuals who have done this.” “The survey commissioned in the Canadian elections was conducted from mid-December 2019 to mid-January 2020 through Phoenix’s strategic perspective and was released in June 2020.
Election Canada first used IRCC data in April 2019 in a document on the issue of being listed on the election registers of potential non-citizens in February 2020, and initially restricted the register. He said he has identified 103,000 potential non-citizens. . This number increased to 112,000 following further analysis. The number was then revised again to 85,000 based on revised data provided by the IRCC.
Following this amendment, Election Canada sent letters to those potential noncitizens, asking for confirmation as to whether they are actually noncitizens or Canadian citizens over the age of 18. As a result, approximately 74,000 non-citizens have been removed from the register.
As a BlackRock reporter reported, the reporters at the time said, “We’ve made some improvements to ensure the accuracy of the list, to ensure the accuracy of the list,” He told the group. “I had the opportunity to clean up the list quite a bit.”
