A former supporter of the Civic Political Party in power of Vancouver says that he was shocked to find one of their electoral panels installed on his property without his consent.
Wah Gee, who worked as a volunteer for ABC Vancouver during their electoral campaign in 2022, said that he was going home this weekend when he met someone who puts a sign for candidates for the previous elections of the party.
“He hammered the last post. And I was going to: “Oh, I did not even ask for a sign,” said Gee, who supports the team for a habitable vancouver during the next vote.
“I’m not going to chop the words, it’s a bit sneaky for sure.”
ABC Vancouver launched a Blitz panel this weekend, installing around 800 lawn panels in the city according to the party.
What was different this time is that the part automatically installed panels in the houses of its supporters recorded from the 2022 municipal elections. Whoever did not want a sign had to withdraw, according to an email that the party sent to the recorded supporters.
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The party told Global News that only a few people withdrew. But Gee said he thought there could be many others like him.
“I have never received an email,” he said.
“I’m sure there were many more signs that were put in place that were probably not allowed.”
Kareem Allam, a political strategist who was the former chief of staff to Mayor Ken Sim, hopes that the British Columbia elections can probe the question.
He said the way ABC was deploying signs could arise against intrusion laws, consumer legislation on negative opt-ins or is equivalent to the intimidation of e-mail voters went to the regulated persons by the ABC municipal council.
“It demonstrates at least a lack of ethics, but also madness,” he said.
“Let’s say that all of this was legal and that all of this was ethical, putting signs on the lawns of people who do not support you means that they will simply be slaughtered, so it is only a waste of resources.”
In the case of gee, the volunteer deployment of the panel deleted him when he was told that he was not desired.
“He was nice about this and I was nice about it,” he said.
Vancouvertes will vote on Saturday April 5 to fill two seats from the open municipal council.
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