「卑鄙的」競選電話運動

新民主黨提議案﹐要求所有國會議員﹐向皇家騎警﹑加拿大選舉事務署提出手上的線索﹐揭露「卑鄙的」競選電話運動。據悉﹐有人阻擾反對黨支持者投票﹐靠自動撥打電話打擊反對黨。

有讀者保存了其中一個這類電話錄音, 收聽請奌擊 Robo-Call。

Robo-calls: Listen to this fraudulent Elections Canada message

The message left on Guelph resident Dave Hudson’s voicemail on Election Day 2011 sounded official enough.

A recorded female voice claiming to be calling from Elections Canada told him his voting location had changed.

“This is an automated message from Elections Canada,” the voice said. “Due to a projected increase in voter turnout, your poll location has been changed . . . . We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”

The message ends by urging voters to call a 1-800 “hotline” if they have any questions. The number is no longer in service. The same message in French then follows.

Hudson, a librarian at the University of Guelph, says he immediately suspected that something wasn’t right, as the “new” voting location, according to the message, was the Old Quebec Street Mall in downtown Guelph — not particularly close to where he lives. The original location, Laurine Public School, is about a three-minute walk from his home. He had also heard reports of strange calls similar to the one he received being made to other residents.

He was so alarmed, in fact, that he saved the message, which can be heard here.