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Lisa-Marie Gervais June 7 2012

Original French text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/351854/le-plq-craint-les-etudiants

Charest’s Liberal Party is opposed to the installation of polling stations in Cegeps and Universities

Selon les représentants libéraux, le vote par correspondance doit plutôt être privilégié, car une étude a démontré quil permet de hausser le taux de participation de 10 %.

According to Liberal representatives, absentee voting should be emphasized, since one study showed that it permitted a 10 percent increase in participation. Photo: Jacques Nadeau

The Quebec Liberal Party is afraid of the students.  It’s afraid of the students to such an extent that it’s opposed to the installation of voting booths in cegeps and universities, as was proposed by the Director General of Elections Quebec (DGE), Le Devoir has learned.

This was revealed as part of a report of the meeting of the technical committee on voting by the advisory group of the (DGE), a copy of which has been obtained by us.  “The representatives of the Liberal Party aren’t in favour of putting  polling booths in institutions of learning.  They mentioned that this measure particularly favoured a part of the young electorate, that is, the students,” according to the confidential report of the meeting that took place on the 26th of April.

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