Firm with Tory links traced to election day ‘robocalls’ that tried to discourage voters
Firm with Tory links traced to election day ‘robocalls’ that tried to discourage voters
Postmedia News Feb 22, 2012 – 8:00 PM ET | Last Updated: Feb 24, 2012 12:15 PM ET
By Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor
Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country.
While the agency investigates, aided by the RCMP, the Conservatives are conducting an internal probe. A party lawyer is interviewing campaign workers to find who was behind the deceptive “robocalls.”
Elections Canada launched its investigation after it was inundated with complaints about election day calls in Guelph, Ont., one of 18 ridings across the country where voters were targeted by harassing or deceptive phone messages in an apparent effort to discourage Liberal supporters from voting.
In Guelph, a riding the Conservatives hoped to take from the Liberals, voters received recorded calls pretending to be from Elections Canada, telling them their polling stations had been moved. The calls led to a chaotic scene at one polling station, and likely led some voters to give up on voting.
More:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/22/racknine-inc-fraudulent-election-calls-traced/
