Andrew Reynolds and Elections Canada

Elections Canada: The proposed changes, contained in Bill C-23, include limiting the topics on which Canada's chief electoral officer could speak, and eliminating vouching, a process that lets a voter vouch for another person in his or her riding to prove that person's identity. , according to Huffington Post. Reynolds calls Elections Canada "the pre-eminent example of an elections administration body." The Conservative government is trying to change Canadian election law in a way that is "deeply disturbing" and "sends a very poor message" to countries trying to become democracies, an international democracy expert says. Andrew Reynolds, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was one of 18 professors from around the world who earlier this week signed an open letter about their concerns. Their letter came the week after an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper by 159 Canadian political science and law professors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.