The act with the Orwellian title of "The Fair Elections Act" is not fair at all, according to Canada's chief electoral officer. According to Marc Mayrand, we would be better off with no act at all as it disenfranchises those who show up to vote with only voter-information cards or with friends and family to vouch for them. It's estimated that about 120,000 voted this way in 2011. Of course, most of those are poorer people on the margins of society who probably won't vote Conservative. John Ayers.
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