Questions loom over NDP’s voter verification process as leadership contest enters final stretch

Democracy Watch’s Duff Conacher says the gaps in voter identification could allow for foreign interference in the NDP leadership race, but the party says it has ‘established safeguards’ in place to protect the vote.
NDP leadership candidates Avi Lewis, left, Tony McQuail, Heather McPherson, Tanille Johnston, and Rob Ashton. The next NDP leader will be elected on March 29 at the party’s national convention in Winnipeg, Man.

The NDP leadership race could be at risk for foreign interference without a clear verification process to ensure only Canadian citizens and permanent residents vote in the contest, warns the democratic reform non-profit Democracy Watch.

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