2003 Tierradorian voter suppression scandal: Difference between revisions

During the 2003 General Election, 47 out of the 74 provinces accepted absentee ballots from April 7 to April 12, 2003, to ensure that all registered voters would be equally represented, regardless of their ability to cast their votes in person. However, the remaining 27 provinces (23 determined by regional law), disallowed voters to request mail-in absentee ballots unless there was a valid condition for not being able to vote. While there were calls for the federal government to step in and force the 27 provinces to comply with absentee voting laws, not much was done to mitigate the situation due to the provinces declaring a legal justification for the declining of absentee ballots. This caused close to 216,000 voters not being able to cast their ballot, due to unforeseen circumstances.