When Courts Decide Elections

• Autores: Jacques Carl Morin
• Localización: Canadian parliamentary review, ISSN 0229-2548, Vol. 35, Nº. 3, 2012, págs. 30-32
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Investigations into voter irregularities in the 2011 federal election have led to some court challenges. While it is unusual for courts to overturn the result of an election and order a new one, it is even more rare for a judge to declare one candidate elected in place of another. However, this did occur in three cases discussed in this article.