A poll being released Tuesday morning by the Council of Canadians shows a pattern of misleading election calls targeting opposition supporters in the seven ridings where the organization is seeking new elections. The poll, conducted April 13-19 by Ekos Research Associates, found that Liberal, NDP and Green party supporters in the seven ridings were more much more likely to report receiving a telephone call late in the election directing them to the wrong polling station than Conservative supporters, or opposition supporters in other ridings.
The pattern is “highly statistically significant and we can say with confidence that this is not an artifact of chance,” Ekos president Frank Graves writes in an affidavit filed as part of the Council of Canadians’ legal challenge of the results in seven closely fought seats.
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