Voter Suppression

Federal Election Dept: Mr. Graves has conducted a poll that he says demonstrates strong evidence of a targeted program of voter suppression aimed at non-Conservative voters during the campaign for the May, 2011, federal election, according to Globe and Mail. On Thursday, the Ekos president called the Tory motion defamatory, saying the Conservatives have sketched a false portrait that tries to undermine his ability to draw conclusions from his research. He said he s strongly considering legal action in response and rather than being an impartial source, they allege in a notice of motion filed on Sept. 11 in federal court, Mr. Graves is personally invested in the narrative that voter suppression did take place. His research is central to a legal challenge underwritten by the left-leaning Council of Canadians that alleges misleading robo-calls or other harassing phone messages interfered with fair elections in ridings from Yukon to Toronto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.