The elections office says that 67,007 people cast votes electronically in the city election, representing 22.5 percent of the electorate. But until The Coast started asking questions today, three days after the election, people who voted electronically still couldn’t verify that their ballots are among those counted by the elections office. At issue is a […]
Cathy Mellet
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Update: Justice Arthur LeBlanc rules for Angela Jones
Angela Jones will be adding her name to the ballot for city council for District 4: Cole Harbour – Westphal. Justice Arthur LeBlanc declared Jones an eligible candidate today after a fairly lengthy emergency judicial review. Jones is a lawyer for the city, but she’s on parental leave until November. Typically, city employees are required […]
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City lawyer hires a lawyer to fight city hall
Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to file with the city’s election office, and when the list of candidates was released I was most excited about the candidacy of Angela Jones in District 4- Cole Harbour. I wrote: Up until the last moment, it looked like sitting councillor Lorelei Nicoll, a moderate who hasn’t made […]