conservatives to fix glitch that could block rural voters

conservatives to fix glitch that could block rural voters news sports entertainment radio tv my region canada story tools: e-mail | print | text size: s m l xl | report typo | send your feedback conservatives to fix glitch that could block rural voters last updated: friday, november 2, 2007 | 1:54 pm et cbc news the conservative government introduced a bill on friday aimed at fixing a glitch in the elections act that could have prevented up to a million rural residents from voting. in june, parliament passed amendments to the canada elections act that required each voter produce proof of identity and a residential address before being allowed to cast a ballot. however, more than one million canadians living in rural areas don't have an address that includes a street name and number. many use post office boxes instead. the problem also extends to native reserves, where a resident's address is sometimes simply the name of the reserve. certain areas are particularly affected by this problem. in nunavut, for example, more than 80 per cent of registered voters don't have a residential address. the bill introduced friday clarifies that addresses do not need to contain a street name and number. government house leader peter van loan has said the problem was an oversight. he noted that if the problem isn't resolved before a snap election, the chief electoral officer could use his "adaptation power" to ensure rural voters were allowed to cast ballots even without a street name and number. with files from the canadian press continue article related internal links elections act changes deny vote for 1 million canadians more canada headlines » rcmp launches review of mulroney-schreiber affair the rcmp said tuesday it has launched a review of new allegations by karlheinz schreiber against brian mulroney, hours after stephen harper said there would be a formal public inquiry into the affair. bill to give b.c., alta., ont. new seats in house of commons the conservative government plans to introduce a bill that would give alberta, british columbia, and ontario new seats in the house of commons. slain mountie remembered for integrity, smile a mountie who was recently slain in nunavut was remembered for his infectious smile and dedication to others, as thousands attended his funeral tuesday in brockville, ont. probe finds 'phantom' jobs created for ex-political staffers the public service commission of canada has uncovered 24 cases of "unsatisfactory staffing actions" involving the movement of public servants to and from political jobs, the commission said in a report released tuesday. convicted nazi prison guard loses appeal to retain canadian citizenship an 83-year-old vancouver man has lost another legal round in an effort to avoid extradition to italy, where he was convicted of crimes committed during the second world war. canada features viewpointheather mallick reading jan wong's recollection of maoist china debatepoverty in canada are the poor getting richer? 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