Quick response to fraud allegations was necessary
Update: On Friday (Oct. 12), Surrey RCMP stated that 67 of the requests for mail-in ballots were found to be fraudulent. As of yet, there has been no links of the attemped fraud to any civic slate, and no charges have been laid. Surrey RCMP and the City of Surrey’s election officials have moved swiftly to deal with an attempt to interfere with the upcoming municipal election. Wake Up Surrey, an organization founded earlier this year to pressure governments to deal with the ongoing incidents of murder, gang warfare and drive-by shootings made the issue public on Sept. 28. The organization said that as many as 15,000 people could have been approached to request mail-in ballots, which would then be filled in by others in an attempt to throw the election. Wake Up Surrey said it “learned of vote buying offers in the South Asian community which is another attempt to suppress registered voters and undermine our democratic process.” This crude type of election interference is almo...