According to a Conservative leader in British Columbia

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According to a Conservative leader in British Columbia, there are voting anomalies in crucial Guildford-Surry riding
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John Rustad, leader of the Conservative  Party of British Columbia, says his party has uncovered what he calls voting irregularities in the  crucial Surrey-Guildford  riding, where the margin of victory was just  22 votes, giving the  province to the New  Democrats.
Mr. Rustad says his party has  reviewed several reports of  problems that  arose during the fall election. He says his party has  uncovered what he calls a  series of irregularities in the  election.
"Part of  it is  the way the vote went to nursing homes, part of  it is people who  didn't live in the riding, part of  it is people who voted twice, and  there are other  elements, so  there are still a lot of things  we see," Rustad said.  "For example,  we have received numerous reports of people who are not Canadian citizens (who) voted in this election, people who are not Canadian citizens who received an invitation from Elections BC to  vote."
"There are care facilities where some people  have not even requested  a vote by mail, but they have been asked to fill out  a ballot — in some cases  they did not know what it  was, or who they were  'voting' for,'" Rustad told  the News when asked about the nature of the concerns  in care  facilities. "I think what's  concerning is that  we've heard of senior  care facilities in other ridings where similar things have  happened, but we need to investigate  further before we can  give any more details," he  added.
Rustad said Wednesday that his team  was conducting further investigation into the alleged  irregularities.
"So there's a lot of things we need to look at; there's more research we need to do," he  said.
He said his party is reiterating  its calls for an independent review of Elections BC, ideally  led by retired  judges.
Rustad says his party has uncovered more than 22 irregularities  — Begg's margin of victory  — in the Surrey-Guildford  riding. Rustad also said some form of  legal challenge  to the results in  the riding,  narrowly won by Garry  Begg, is being considered.
Rustad and the  BC Conservative candidate  for the riding, Honveer Singh Randhawa, will  hold a  press conference at the  BC legislature.

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