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.
The City of Vancouver says in a news release the election will proceed with the names the candidates submitted after provincial court Judge James Wingham ruled it would be “unfair” to proceed with the challenge on such a strict timeline.
Rosemary Hagiwara, the city’s chief election officer, filed a court application this week disputing the 15 candidates' use of non-Latin characters on the ballot when the name they submitted in nomination documents is not their usual name.
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