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tt 14 ecbnoifosi saturday june 51999 vote 99 a -v- f 31 so fc ridaymay28ll4i rriv simcoe returning office hwy 89 auiston the advance poll box is so full i have to squiggle my ballot back and forth to get it in r been doing this for years and ive never seen so many people using thetadvance poll says the returning officer jhis makes me think i dont know why that maybe the conservatives are in trouble even in this bastion of tory blue election day 645 pm- maple leaf piiblicschool newrnarkefy weve heard a3 about all the problems at some 9 toronto polls but everythings as jbeen smooth here says les w kerf revision assistant atthis poll oneof the largest in the york north riding 3 suddenly theres a problem revisionassistant renee glover 7 has spotted a newspaper the newspaper i work for on a bench near the door j f jhow did that get here she a asks turning tostare atme kerr says theres not supposedto be anything like that in a polling area 1 1 i didnt bring it in honest i t 7 1 0prri charles beer- was ltheberalmppinthe j newmarket area for jtwo terms r 1987 tol995lshe spending this election night oh the couch with shoes off sipping a glass of twine- s yf roy green i get a 60s feeling as a long- haired guy and girl are plunking guitars and singing puff the magutehigon- dave robinson campaign coordinator tunes in ctvs election coverage and tells me the ndp may challenge the u whole election given the incredible chaos in some rid- ings we may hot get results for- hours arid hours itvgoing to be a long night v at 802 ctv declares a tory majority r- as many as 62 seats compared to 32 for the liberals and nine for the ndp says the announcer i oh blow it someone shouts i v 835 pm loyal true blue arid orange home richrriond hill tget that 60s feeling again whole new slant tdelectidrisl with cell phones you could get your election results even in the forest s i wonder if thats where the green party is 855 pm still attara id like just one slice of that beef i ask the reporter if klees was wearing makeup i think so but its probably just for the tv hereplies 920 pfn en route beef- less biit i did graba hunk of cheese to riiunch talk radio 640 says al palladini is trailing liberal tony gerico in the vaughankingaurora riding notfor long i say aloiid between munches john sewell and annamarie castrilli people ive never met but whom i dislike intensely have lost in their toronto rid ings hurray i shout dropping my cheese v 940 pm old town hall newmarket cash bar ladies and gentlemen julia is on her way lets gather round arid give her a big harid when she comes through the door shouts a campaign worker to the jam- packed crowd at tory julia munros campaign gathering- falls off a chair wreak havoc in riding palladini blaiiibs teacher unions for mess the 1860s it feels like ive vt j- arnyedattarawiththelong f imjon myvaytqsharon t through the mani- 1 pwhere im the mcfqr jokififf chewed lawn atthis stately old fii volpes iafterelectiori gathermgbiuldirig h tmipijjsdejoa of signs for oak ridges- i she says thanks to a whole nwin torylrahkklees bunch of people followed j orice msidethe gone with r immediatelyby a recitation of vrmhfeeungpersiste with toiycpmrushhientsit sounds like mike harris cam- a press photographer falls off a chairtrying to get a good van- tage point to shoot munros- arrivalbut is riot hurt t just as munrobegins to talk i y xhear an annoying hum nearby j but cant find out where its coniing from by jennifer brown staff writer york regional police sent 42 officers to polling stations across the riding of vaughankingaurora election night after officials learned polling clerks were receiving threatening telephone calls around 1030 pm wednesday police received a request from elections ontario for offduty officers for 12 polling stations in the north of the region and 30 iri the south end police said there were no incidents reported thursday night related to the polling stations concerns therewere no altercations const ian fyfe said we had one or two polls opening late but not due to threats but because ballot boxes were 10 to 15 minutes late arriving vaughankingaurora mpp al palladini said he received a call at horne late wednesday night informing him that hundreds of poll clerks would not show up for work because they were afraid palladini said he had been under fire by various iriterest groups through out the campaign starting five or six months before the election call when the teachers unions declared him a target i definitely feel in my heart there was a tremendous amount of teachers federation involvement in my cam paign he said he said he would leave it up to elections ontario officials to decide whether to investigate the threats as far as im concerned its a new year a new day and a new mandate and i just want to go forward from here he said election ontario officials were hid ing behind riieeting room doors as triey tried to sort out the situation in fact the returning office for vaughankingaurora denied knowl edge of any threats to poll clerks a spokesperson at elections ontario said chief electoral officer warren bailie was unavailable for interviews friday hes just reflecting on what hap- peried yesterday arid iri meetings to reflect on what happened the woman said l bailie was quoted in the media as saying it was a day frorn hell and this is the worst election day in history lorie wells acting assistant chief electoral officer said later that she was not aware of any investigation taking place or that there would be any police involvement a bomb threat against a poll in simcoegrey near barrie shut down the poll for more than two hoursand voting hadto be extended as well many polling stations had to deal withjiyoters who had not received registration cards i kriowwhetheritwiubeamiribr 4 jldiscpverthe annoying hurh comes from trie minitape recorder in my pocket the r- i it 1i people arevswcluduig alarge hip of beef f government but qi steaming on a table the u a i lajjjes offering 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