On Monday, The Vancouver Sun's Frances Bula reported Non-Partisan Nomination candidate Sam Sullivan said a "preliminary audit of the NPA memberships (conducted by his campaign) appeared to indicate that as many as 45 per cent of the names didn't appear to be on the provincial voters' list." Which had some Clarkites asking, how did Mr. Sullivan's campaign get their hands on that list? After all, under the Election Act, only registered political parties and municipal and provincial election candidates are allowed to have copies. And candidates must destroy those copies once the election they're running in is over. So your humble organ contacted to Elections British Columbia communications manager Jennifer Porayko to see whether anyone had raised this issue with her office. And it turns out the answer is yes.
"There was an inquiry about it on September 20," confirmed Ms. Porayko. "So I actually contacted Sam Sullivan's campaign office and left a message. And I had a call back from a woman - a representative of his campaign. And I advised her that I'm not sure if he has a copy (of the provincial voters list) or where he got a copy but that he shouldn't have a copy. And I've asked that they contact me and let me know if, in fact, he did have a copy and where they got it from. And also advised her that he needs to destroy it. So I haven't heard back from her. I did speak with her yesterday. And I've left a number of messages this morning on a cell phone and his campaign office. So I'm following up on it."
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A setback for the Sullivan campaign, no question about it. Doesn't look good.
A question. I wondered when tommorow's Demolition Derby would be held, and found out it's surprisingly early in the day, 10am to 2pm at the Marriot SomethingorAnother Hotel. But I also wanted to know how many paid up members there really are. And the NPA website couldn't help. When I used the NPA search feature on "membership figures" I drew a complete blank.
What happened to the laudering of money the Liberal BC party was accused of to run their campaigns? Many of the funds the librals used came from the sale of BC number # export which is marihana. Is anybody wotking for a living in BC?
Garry, that is officially the stupidest thing I have ever read. If people are going to bother replying to these things, perhaps coherent English might be an important prerequisite for doing so.
"There was an inquiry about it on September 20," confirmed Ms. Porayko. "So I actually contacted Sam Sullivan's campaign office and left a message. And I had a call back from a woman - a representative of his campaign. And I advised her that I'm not sure if he has a copy (of the provincial voters list) or where he got a copy but that he shouldn't have a copy. And I've asked that they contact me and let me know if, in fact, he did have a copy and where they got it from. And also advised her that he needs to destroy it. So I haven't heard back from her. I did speak with her yesterday. And I've left a number of messages this morning on a cell phone and his campaign office. So I'm following up on it."
"Am I led to believe that this quote by Jennifer Porayko has advised Sam Sullivan's staff that destruction of a document of evidence is an advisable thing to do, otherwise there will be legal consequences."
If this is the case, I would find that Jennifer Porayko is the one that has committed an erronious act of the BC Elections Act and should be accused of such.
My previous comment above has not seemed to have reached the eye of Sean Holman, Is this because there is protectionism or are we to busy to respond to the issue. As usual BIG Issues often get brushed aside or not responded to in the hopes that they will go away. In this case it may not, even if Government expects it to.
Please respond, Thanks, Dan.
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