NDP Accuses UCP of Trying to Rig Electoral Boundaries
The 4-2 vote blocked NDP demands for public meetings, interference reporting and stricter chair rules for the new boundary panel.
- On Monday, the Select Special Committee's UCP majority rejected multiple NDP motions aimed at increasing transparency and reducing partisan influence in Alberta's electoral boundary redrawing process.
- The government previously moved to sideline the independent Electoral Boundaries Commission's majority report, establishing the committee to appoint an advisory panel and increase legislative seats to 91.
- NDP MLAs Kathleen Ganley and Christina Gray introduced motions requiring public meetings and reporting of political interference, but the committee's UCP members voted these down in a 4-2 decision.
- Opposition members characterize the process as an "illegitimate" attempt to rig electoral rules, while UCP members maintain they are "comfortable" with the committee's current approach to selecting a chair.
- A May 14 deadline has been set for judges to express interest in chairing the three-person advisory panel, which must submit its final boundary report by Nov. 22.
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NDP accuses UCP of trying to rig electoral boundaries - The Stettler Independent
Alberta NDP members of a new electoral boundaries committee are accusing their UCP counterparts of trying to rig the process. Kathleen Ganley and Christina Gray, NDP members of the Select Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries, said on Monday that a number of motions they introduced to increase transparency, reduce partisan interference and mitigate the harm of what they call an “illegitimate process” was shot down by the committee’s UCP majo…
NDP accuses UCP of trying to rig electoral boundaries
Alberta NDP members of a new electoral boundaries committee are accusing their UCP counterparts of trying to rig the process. Kathleen Ganley and Christina Gray, NDP members of the Select Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries, said on Monday that a number of motions they introduced to increase transparency, reduce partisan interference and mitigate the harm of what they call an “illegitimate process” was shot down by the committee’s UCP majo…
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