Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives are accusing the Opposition New Democrats of breaking election rules that ban political activities at polling stations.
The Tories have filed a complaint with the returning office in Point Douglas — a Winnipeg seat where advance polls are underway for a byelection next Tuesday.
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The Tories say NDP candidate Bernadette Smith has taken photographs of herself with voters in front of the polling station.
They also allege NDP legislature members have been spending a lot of time around one polling station and on a balcony that overlooks it.
The province’s Elections Act forbids anyone from trying to influence voters or post campaign material within 50 metres of a polling station.
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Lindsay Stewart, a spokeswoman for the NDP campaign, says she has not seen the complaint, but all New Democrats have been told to follow the rules.
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