In a letter to city officials Friday morning, the election worker, one of thousands brought on to help carry out the citywide election Oct. 22, said he was tendering his resignation in a scathing letter. He was speaking to Premier Doug Ford’s recent move to use the rarely invoked “notwithstanding” clause to enforce a cut to the size of Toronto city council for the upcoming election. He previously worked in a federal election and the 2014 municipal election, he said. Article Continued Below“Wishing not to appear behind the times, or participate in this mockery, I will abstain from voting in this and all future elections,” Baumann added in his resignation letter. The longtime Torontonian and central Etobicoke resident said he was once a card-carrying Ontario PC party member, but he resigned that position too during the last election.

Source: thestar September 15, 2018 17:48 UTC