Alberta federal Conservative nomination voting in Yellowhead during work hours could ‘marginalize’ riding association members, say Conservative candidates

'Yellowhead is a huge riding that has 15 municipalities and voting over lunch hour is common in these type of rural ridings as EDAs try to get to as many communities as is practical,’ says party spokesman Cory Hann.

Pictured top left and clockwise: Conservative MP JIm Eglinski is not seeking re-election in 2019. Five candidates including Robert Duiker, Glenn McLean, Kelly Jensen, Kathy Rondeau, and Gerald Soroka are seeking the party's nomination to succeed Mr. Eglinski.Photographs courtesy of candidates' websites

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BY ABBAS RANA

October 1, 2018

A candidate who's seeking the fiercely-contested Conservative nomination in the coveted riding of Yellowhead, Alta., is questioning why the party is holding voting at two of the six locations during working hours on week days, and is worried it’s going to "marginalize" a number of members of the r...

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