NDP to press for restoring access to on-campus voting during pandemic

Elections Canada says number of conditions—the pandemic, the 'minority government context,' campus closures—make the program unfeasible, as setting up those polling stations 'requires significant planning.'

NDP MP Daniel Blaikie, pictured in March 2019, says it's still unclear whether the NDP will push for an amendment to Bill C-19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

March 4, 2021

The NDP says it plans to press for restoring access to on-campus voting for students, after Elections Canada moved last year to scrap the program due to the pandemic. NDP MP Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood-Transcona, Man.) said it’s s...

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