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In the wake of beloved councillor Cynthia Lai’s death just days before Monday’s municipal election, her staffers are speaking out against an electoral system that is denying her constituents who voted in advanced polls an opportunity to revote and have their voices heard in a byelection.
They say this is all the more important since they say her ward, Scarborough North, saw a 44 per cent increase in advance polling from the previous election, with around 4,300 votes cast this time around compared to just over 3,000 in 2018. “The will of the people should be the will of the people,” said Lai’s campaign manager Hratch Aynedjian, adding an election that doesn’t count votes cast for Lai won’t give an accurate picture, calling the Municipal Elections Act “flawed.”The City of Brampton issued an urgent plea for staff to help with Monday’s municipal election in the wake of an “unprecedented number” of election worker resignations and training no-shows.
A memo from the city clerk’s office Sunday that was sent out to staff and obtained by the Star said they were looking for at least 150 staff to work the election in various capacities from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.Read the full story from the Star’s Alessia Passafiume2,794,356 reasons Torontonians should get out and vote today. This is not the time for anyone to sit on the sidelines,