Editing Voter suppression (section)

=== Canada ===
Shortly before the [[2011 Canadian federal election]], voter suppression tactics were [[2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal|exercised by issuing robocalls and live calls]], which falsely advised voters that their polling station had been changed. The locations offered by those messages were intentionally false, often led voters several hours from the correct stations, and often identified themselves illegally as coming from [[Elections Canada]].<ref name="canconrobocall">{{cite news
  | title =Robocalls complaints came 3 days before 2011 election
  | publisher = CBC News
  | date =2012-11-19
  | url =https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/complaints-about-tory-calls-began-3-days-before-polls-opened-1.1162508
  | access-date = 2012-11-19 }}</ref> In litigation brought by the [[Council of Canadians]], a federal court found that such fraud had occurred and had probably been perpetrated by someone with access to the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]]'s voter database, including its information about voter preferences.<ref name="MacCharles">{{cite news | last = MacCharles| first = Tonda| title = Robocalls: Widespread but 'thinly scattered' vote suppression didn't affect election, judge rules| newspaper = [[Toronto Star]] | date = May 23, 2013 | url = https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/05/23/robocalls_widespread_but_thinly_scattered_vote_suppression_didnt_affect_election_judge_rules.html | access-date = 2013-05-27}}</ref> The court stated that the evidence did not prove that the Conservative Party or that its successful candidates had been directly involved,<ref name="MacCharles" /> but it criticized the Conservative Party for making "little effort to assist with the investigation."<ref name="MacCharles" /> The court did not annul the result in any of six [[Electoral district (Canada)|ridings]] where the fraud had occurred because it concluded that the number of votes affected had been too small to change the outcome.<ref name="MacCharles" />