Online vote swapping reviewed
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA -- Canada's electoral watchdog is investigating the legality of an online vote-swapping scheme.
Chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand said yesterday that Elections Canada is looking into a Facebook group aimed at preventing Stephen Harper's Conservatives from winning a majority on Oct. 14.
The scheme may be nothing more than "organized strategic voting," Mayrand said in an interview.
But it may also fall afoul of the law, which prohibits people from selling their votes or accepting an incentive or material benefit for voting.
"Right now, we have very little information," Mayrand said.
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