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Canadian draft law bars veiled Muslim women from voting
2007-10-27
A new draft law introduced by CanadaÂ’s Conservative government on Friday would bar Muslim women from voting if they show up at polling places with a veiled face.
I'll bet it applies to Lutherans if they show up veiled, too.
The measure was proposed in the wake of the governmentÂ’s recent dispute with Elections Canada, which has refused to bar people with veiled faces from polling places. The draft legislation provides for only one exception: bandages on the face worn for medical reasons, for example, after surgery. But in that case, voters must present two proofs of identity or be accompanied by a qualified elector able to vouch for them. The debate over the veil erupted last September, during federal by-elections in Quebec province. Several days before the vote, Elections Canada laid down rules, under which fully veiled women could vote without showing their faces.
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