http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/15448/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/unfair-elections-act-creates-extra-barriers-voting/33928 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Silent protesters march through Public Gardens </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_20150924_121116291_hdr_r.jpg" alt="" title="Students and community organizers marched through the Public Gardens to oppose the so-called Fair Elections Act. Photo Moira Donovan" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_20150924_120803434_r.jpg" alt="" title="The act creates hurdles that make it more difficult to vote for students and people living in poverty. Photo Moira Donovan" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &ndash; One important way of speaking out in a democracy is voting. But thanks to changes in federal legislation, that voice is at risk of being silenced, say student and community organizations.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/unfair-elections-act-creates-extra-barriers-voting/33928" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/unfair-elections-act-creates-extra-barriers-voting/33928#comments Moira Donovan Education Governance Poverty CFS-NS Council of Canadians Unfair Elections Act Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:17:21 +0000 Robert DeVet 33928 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca