The Wildrose party has filed a complaint with Elections Alberta and the RCMP after hearing reports that so-called robocalls have been made to voters to turn them against the party ahead of Monday’s election.
Leader Danielle Smith took to Twitter Thursday night, sending the message: “be advised: Our opponents have recorded a message and are spam dialing voters pretending to be us, to anger Wildrose voters.” She went on to say, “We’ve filed a complaint with Elections AB & our crew in Grande Prairie, where it’s been most prevalent, have contacted the RCMP.”
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People in the Grande Prairie area were reportedly getting repeated calls from a recorded message claiming to the Wildrose. Some people have been called up to seven times a day, and the Wildrose party started getting phone calls from Albertans, angry about the messages, but the party emphasizes it’s not the Wildrose making the calls. “It’s not us because we don’t call with the same message more than once,” said Wildrose candidate Vitor Marciano. “It’s irritating, it’s voter suppression, it’s annoying and it’s problematic.”
Smith may have indicated her “opponents” are behind the calls, but the Progressive Conservative’s campaign strategist denies the allegations. “It’s not us,” said Stephen Carter. “They’ve accused us of all sorts of things that aren’t true.”
Elections Alberta spokesperson Drew Westwater said the number of similar complaints has been on the rise recently. “We are taking all the complaints seriously and looking at them as fast as we can.”
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