Opinion: The machine is always right in Alberta’s municipal elections — and that’s wrong
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 | 2021 Election, Calgary, Politics, Technology
Originally published in the Calgary Herald Opinion section on November 30, 2021.
Release: DJ Kelly forced to withdraw application for Ward 4 Calgary City Council election judicial recount
Thursday, November 25th, 2021 | 2021 Election, Calgary, Politics
For Immediate Release:
November 25, 2021 – Calgary, Alberta
DJ Kelly, candidate for Calgary City Council in Ward 4, is announcing the formal withdrawal of the judicial recount application for the Ward 4 results in the 2021 Calgary Municipal Election.
A November 19 legal conference with Justice Davidson made clear a serious concern with the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA): a judicial recount is illegal …
Ward 4 judicial recount request filed
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 | 2021 Election, Calgary, Politics
Last week I filed an application for a judicial recount of the recent election for councillor in Ward 4 and today we’ve heard the application has been received.
The way that the Local Authorities Election Act is currently written this process appears to be the only mechanism to allow scrutineers or elections officials to view and count the actual ballots – an essential practice in …