Elections BC says it hasn’t called in RCMP

Elections BC says it hasn’t requested the RCMP to research a grievance from the BC Conservatives about alleged “voting irregularities” within the October provincial election, regardless of a name from the celebration for police to get entangled.

The election company’s spokesman, Andrew Watson, says it has referred investigations to the RCMP prior to now, however hasn’t completed so in relation to the Conservatives’ issues about Surrey-Guildford, the place the NDP received by a razor-thin margin of twenty-two votes.

Watson says Elections BC is conducting a evaluate of that race — which gave the NDP a one-seat majority — however doesn’t have a timeline for when will probably be full.

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The Conservatives on Monday issued a information launch calling on the RCMP to research mail-in votes in Surrey-Guildford that have been forged by residents of Argyll Lodge, a psychological well being and substance abuse facility.

RCMP Employees Sergeant Kris Clark says anybody with a grievance about B.C. elections ought to report it to Elections BC, and referred questions on Surrey-Guildford to the election company.

Steve Kooner, the Conservatives’ critic for the Legal professional-Common, says police ought to be trying into “potential offences” below the B.C. Election Act associated to 21 mail-in votes from the lodge’s residents.

The celebration final week stated it had recognized 45 suspicious votes within the using, together with these from Argyll Lodge, in addition to 22 by folks it stated didn’t dwell within the using, and one case of a voter who reported voting twice.

Conservative Chief John Rustad stated the celebration needed a fee of inquiry into the voting in Surrey-Guildford.