Frankly, though, the state of our democracy certainly does matter and, as such, the concerns and recommendations from the agency tasked with administering our elections deserve our attention.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
The chief electoral officer wants the Election Act to be changed to “prohibit a person or entity … from knowingly making false statements about the voting process … in order to disrupt the conduct of the election or to undermine the legitimacy of the election or its results.”Article content Now, no one would disagree that “misinformation” is an unwelcome intrusion in a free and open election campaign, especially the deliberate spread of it motivated by some ill intent. But this approach could cause more problems than it solves.
The bigger concern at the time was not a couple of satirical Twitter posts, but rather the ongoings at Elections Alberta itself. The agency was— on election day, no less — for the “unprofessional” tweets from one of its staff members that very much created a perception of bias. Perhaps the agency’s backyard should be cleaned up before it starts demanding new laws and new powers that might limit public opinion about its own conduct.
The left has been doing it for years only they can influence election right MSM actually you do also so where are free and honest elections