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 …
Request for a recount
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 | 2021 Election, Calgary, Politics
Ward 4 has its unofficial results and the gap between the incumbent and myself is only 52 votes. We are in the process of making an application for a recount under the Local Authorities Elections Act.
We are very fortunate to live in a democratic society where every vote counts, and we intend to ensure that the voice of every Calgarian in Ward 4 …
Statement on the case against Councillor Chu
Friday, October 15th, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today I was made aware of the CBC story about the incumbent Ward 4 councillor, Sean Chu.
This is deeply upsetting. Let us focus on the victim – a teenage girl who was assaulted not only by an adult, but a police officer, someone children are taught they can trust. She then spent decades pushing the system for an outcome she felt was just.
A …