Elections BC is looking into a complaint of voting irregularities in a riding where a narrow NDP win gave it a one-seat majority in Octobersa国际传媒 election, with sa国际传媒 Conservative Leader John Rustad highlighting allegations about improper voting at an addiction recovery facility.
Rustad says other alleged irregularities include voting by non-citizens and non-residents of specific ridings, and he wants assurances for sa国际传媒 voters that 鈥渋tsa国际传媒 only Canadian citizens who are voting.鈥
The Conservative leader says his party wants an independent review of the election process, while Surrey-Guildford candidate Honveer Singh Randhawa says he plans to follow his complaint to Elections BC by petitioning the sa国际传媒 Supreme Court to invalidate the result in the riding.
Elections BC says Randhawasa国际传媒 complaint filed last Friday is 鈥渦nder review.鈥
The NDPsa国际传媒 Garry Begg was declared the winner in Surrey-Guildford by 22 votes after a judicial recount conducted by hand, giving Premier David Ebysa国际传媒 government a bare majority.
Confirmation of Beggsa国际传媒 victory came nearly three weeks after election when no majority could be declared.
The result gave the NDP 47 seats in the 93-seat legislature, while the sa国际传媒 Conservatives won 44 seats, and the Greens two.
