Robogate: How to Violate the Principals of Democracy

Boy, Harper and team just can't catch a break, from the OAS scandal / backlash to every time Vic Toews opens his mouth and past election scandals that will certainly come back to the forefront due to Robogate, the new scandal that everyone will soon forget about, allowing Stephen Harper to win his second majority in 2015. During the May 2011 election, the Conservative Party of Canada hired a company guilty of fraud, Racknine/2call.ca, to robocall liberal Canadians in battleground ridings on "behalf" of Elections Canada to purposely misdirect voters to incorrect voting stations so that they may be frustrated into not casting a vote.


Voters in Guelph, Ontario, Winnipeg South Center and 16 other ridings were victim to misleading and fraudulent calls with the purpose "to undermine a person’s right to vote," said NDP Pat Martin. Martin also asked and answered, "How is this different from a bunch of goons with clubs blocking the door to a voter station as we’ve seen in Third World countries or the deep south of the United States? Because the net effect is the same."

A flow chart to fraud - documented by The Ottawa Citizen

Other voters in the 18 in the ridings received inappropriate calls at inappropriate times from people claiming to represent the Liberal party in a vague jaded attempt to upset voters and hopefully turn them against their political leanings.


Elections Canada and the RCMP are investigating this egregious elections violation but the damage is already done. Harper of course, denies any involvement but the service was used by Conservatives in his own riding to the benefit of his re-election bid.


It is documented fact that at least 100 voters in Guelph went to incorrect polling stations due to the calls. Racknine and the Conservatives should be prosecuted for they are liars, cheater and thieves.

Transcript of a Robocall in Guelph Ontario during the 2011 Federal Election

“This is an automated message from Elections Canada. Due to a projected increase in voter turnout, your poll location has been changed. Your new voting location is at the Old Quebec Street Mall, at 55 Wyndham Street North. Once again, your new poll location is at the Old Quebec Street Mall, at 55 Wyndham Street North. If you have any questions, please call our hotline at 1-800-443-4456. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. (French version recorded in another woman’s voice follows.)”


source - National Post, CBC, Ottawa Citizen
cartoon source - Aislin Montreal Gazette