Voters who tried to overturn 2011 election results won’t go to Supreme Court

OTTAWA – A group of voters who sought to overturn election results in six federal ridings because of misleading robocalls won’t take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The voters and the Council of Canadians, which bankrolled the Federal Court suit, say an appeal wouldn’t uncover who was responsible for the fraudulent calls.

Judge Richard Mosley concluded earlier this month that fraud was a factor in the misleading calls, but not enough of one to justify overturning the result.

The ruling cleared the Conservative party and its candidates of any effort to mislead voters, but said the most likely source of information used to make the misleading calls was the party’s voter database.

The ruling left both sides in the dispute — the Conservatives in one corner, the voters who fielded the calls in the other — claiming victory of a sort.

The six ridings in question are Vancouver Island North in British Columbia; Yukon; Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar in Saskatchewan; Elmwood-Transcona and Winnipeg South Centre in Manitoba; and Nipissing-Timiskaming in Ontario.