Vote Today!!! Re:OT: fake election e-mail

[John Vetterli]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Christopher Browne wrote:
> On 1/23/06, Zoltan <zhunt-KdxWn004MjY at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Just a heads-up, I caught this yesterday, basically there's a e-mail
>> going around saying that you can vote on two days:
>> "...Elections Canada was warning them not to be led astray by a
>> fraudulent e-mail about the election that has been
>> circulating...Elections Canada said the bogus e-mail bears the agency's
>> logo and the name of Jean-Pierre Kingsley, chief electoral officer, and
>> incorrectly states that people can vote on two days – Monday and Tuesday."
> I suppose the question arises as to whodunnit, whether it be tricky
> Liberals trying to convince naive Conservatives to not bother voting
> today, or the converse...
> At any rate, be sure to vote today, if you haven't already...

I wonder if this email actually exists.  Has anybody here received 
it?  There was a similar story in the U.S. for their last presidential 
election, so I suspect this is an urban legend in the making.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/voting.asp

JV