Municipal election official had challenged use of names with non-Latin-alphabet characters.
Vancouver voters heading to polls next month will find 15 candidates’ names on the ballots represented in non-Latin characters, such as Chinese, Persian and Farsi.
On Friday, the hearing was adjourned to an unspecified date sometime after the Oct. 15 elections to decide if the city’s challenge will be upheld. Lawyer Bruce Hallsor, who represented NPA council candidates Elaine Allan and Ken Charko in court, said the judge’s decision is a victory for his clients.
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