NB Election
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Head of N.B. elections gives inside look at agency during political drama of 2023The chief electoral officer has said her office spent more than $3.2 million in total pre-election expenditures last year, including nearly $2 million that cannot be recovered.PoliticsFeb 15
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Election speculation cost New Brunswick nearly $2 million: chief electoral officerNew Brunswick's chief electoral officer said Elections New Brunswick far exceeded the budget for 2023-2024 because it had to be ready in case voters were called to the polls early.PoliticsJan 20
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N.B. Liberals release policy document as work on election platform heats upOne political watcher says the document may be an attempt to present the party as a government-in-waiting ahead of this year's election.PoliticsJan 18
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N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs’s early election waffling cost taxpayers money: oppositionFor months Higgs waffled on calling an early election, repeatedly saying since June he needed a new mandate to quell the political drama that had gripped his party.PoliticsNov 7, 2023
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Opposition leaders say N.B. premier could use poison pill to trigger election callNew Brunswick opposition leaders are criticizing Premier Blaine Higgs after he left the province guessing about whether he would plunge them into an early election campaign.PoliticsOct 13, 2023
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Why Blaine Higgs and his PC government may gamble on an early N.B. electionNew Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has refused to rule out an early election, but political watchers say there's both opportunity and danger in that decision.CanadaSep 28, 2023
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New Brunswick Court of Appeal says 2020 snap election call by Higgs was legalThe court dismissed advocacy group Democracy Watch's argument that the premier's early election call was illegal because of the province's fixed-date election law.CanadaDec 9, 2022
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N.B. elections agency blames ‘mix up’ after 260,000 households get wrong voter letterNearly 260,000 households were sent incorrect information about the Nov. 28 local government elections, adding that her agency spent about $400,000 mailing the letters.CanadaOct 6, 2022
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N.B. Court of Appeal boots watchdog group from hearing on legality of snapThe non-profit group says the snap election violated the constitutional principles of the sovereignty of Parliament and responsible government.CanadaMay 24, 2022
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MLAs hope record-high number of women in house just the beginningExperts say online harassment is partly to blame for the low numbers of women running for politics.PoliticsSep 16, 2020
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