Election official

A Richmond resident who’s worked on many elections was taken aback at a recent city council meeting where one councillor claimed that “all sorts of crazy things happen” at elections like “people voting multiple times”

These comments were made by Coun Carol Day, who later seemed to back-track on them

But the comments made Paul Dufour, who has worked for Elections BC and Elections Canada, feel like she was saying “you’re not doing your job” Dufour said the election system is set up with cross-references to make sure people can’t vote twice

“There are checks and balances to catch anyonetryingtohaveadoublevote,”Dufoursaid

He was at city hall to watch the annual street banner unveiling, but he stayed to listen to a later discussion about election reform.

City council was discussing sending a letter of support to the province, which is updating

So, hearing this message about “multiple voting” from a “duly elected” city councillor was an affront to elections officials who work hard to ensure a fair, transparent and secure election, Dufour said

“Itsmacksinthefaceofpeoplewhoworkfor

Elections Canada and Elections BC,” he added Furthermore, he thinks elected officials should be “very careful” about what they say about elections, especially now with recent media reports of foreign interference in Canadian elections.

Dufour worked for Elections BC as a deputy district elections officer for five years and for Elections Canada as an automation coordinator for one year

In his experience, Dufour only recalls one time when someone tried to vote a second time by mistake, having forgotten he sent in his mail-in ballot and he was stopped

“I have true confidence in the system because I’ve been part of the system,” he said When Day was called out on her statement at last week’s city council meeting, she clarified she had heard about “busloads of people” brought in to vote at party candidate nomination meetings

Mayor Malcolm Brodie told Day she should be “precise” about what she’s saying, calling her remark about people voting multiple times “inflammatory”

Besides admonishing Day for her remarks, Brodie questioned whether some city councillors didn’t support stopping the spread of disinformation as well as streamlining the mail-in process

This was in the context of the province announcing it’s updating election laws

biographical information, cracking down on spreading disinformation about the electoral process and streamlining voting by mail.

“If you don’t support that (motion), so you do want to be able to intentionally make false statements about biographical information, is that what you’re saying?” Brodie asked the councillors who opposed it “That you want the deliberate spread of misinformation, is that what you’re saying? And you’re saying you don’t want to streamline the vote-by-mail process to make it more accessible for people?”

PAUL DUFOUR

Coun. Andy Hobbs rebutted this, saying he didn’t think anyone on city council opposed these issues, rather the “timing” wasn’t right and there were many details that weren’t included

Coun Chak Au suggested city council write to the province saying they support, in principle, placing restrictions on false statements about candidates’ and senior party officials’

The motion failed with Couns Hobbs, Kash Heed, Alexa Loo, Bill McNulty and Laura Gillanders voting against it

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