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the 10-day period vafter it was
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tion. ‘and is for’. people .who
aren’ t on’a-voters list anywhere
else i in the Province. :

new.to. Prov nicial. elections. It’s
different from. previous ones

Terrace Standard, Wodnestlay, ocr 2, i991

f ‘on _ for those of you .
«Who aan get on the voters list -

A _FEW people got the chance for a couple of personal words with —

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© which» allowed people “who ” pegiat
weren't on the voters’ list: to.
register at, the polls on: elestion
‘and “didn’t take advantage ‘of

day. ns :

_ That isn't being allowed his
- time, meaning you won't be:
. able to; vote’ if you’ "aren't oe
already ‘on. the voters ‘list-and «")
“don't take advantage of Section: ;

80 registration. .
For this riding, that could

_mean problems for. some peo-
~ ple. In the last election, 10 per

cent or 1,700 of those who.

Premier | Rita Johnston during her campaign stop here last week.
She’s shown here talking to Norm Lavallee.

TERRACE The New
Democratic Party has widened
its lead in Skeena by three
percentage points, a poll. con-
ducted for The Terrace Stan-
dard indicates. -

Taken Sept. 25-26, the poll
gives the. NDP and candidate
Helmut Giesbrecht 52 per cent
-of decided voters.

in the last. poll conducted
Sept.. 16-18, the NDP had 49.4
per cent of the decided vote.
Incumbent MLA. Dave
Parker and the Social Credit
party dropped from 45.6 per
cent to 43 per cent over the same
period,

. The Liberal parly has six per
cent support ‘and one per cent
said they’ would -support
somebody. “else. ‘Undecided
voters reinain’, high at 16 per

‘TERRACE — — The federal body
that: regulates TV stations. is
looking . into ‘an‘- allegation
{CFTK-manipulated coverage of
ithe. “provincial ° ‘election an-
‘nouncement,..
-Skeena. NDP MP Jim Fulton
made’ ‘the request 1o:the Cana-
‘dian : Radio-television and
‘Telecommunications Commis-
‘gion’ (CRTC) after: the station
broadcast; Premier. Rita
‘Johnston’s announcement Sept.
{9 but did not carry:comments
from. provincial .NDP leader
‘Mike. Harcourt, |

TERRACE — You'll have two
‘ cig ce ONE: tive and one

\aped for: TV. ‘to see the
ene ‘riding: andidates 0

a over. fe: issues
The Firat chance fs. next ‘Tues-
130 p.m. on

urnal public

- “gho’ sce
sth to wastaped jast week

series’ of -ques« .

cent.

In neighbouring ‘Bulkley
Valley-Stikine, where incum-
bent Social Credit MLA Jack

Kempf faces criminal charges, :

support for the New
Democratic Party stands at 49
per cent of the decided vote,
Kempf has 44 per cent of the
vote, That's not much different
from the week previous,

Across northern B.C, and in
the Cariboo, the NDP has the
lead in seven Tidings with Social
Credit leading in three:

Decided voters in Bulkley
Valley-Stikine were also asked if

they thought Kempf should step ;

down as a candidate,

The results,. gathered before
the provincial Social Credit
board expelled Kempf from the

Fulton said CFTK violated —
the spirit and the letter of its
CRTC-granted licence by ignor-
ing Harcourt, .

“Twenty minutes live from

the Social Credit leader and .
n the New.
Democrat leader," said Fulton.

nothing from

in a jetter to the CRTC.

“This. kind of broadcast”
manipulation cannot go-un- |:

challenged by the CRTC. This is

not a practice'to be tolerated: in :

a democracy,’’ he said.
In a faxed reply to. “Fu ton,

CRTC spokesman — Ghislaine :

tions posed to each of ihe ane :

didates.

Those same candidates will be“.

out: in person -the ‘following
night, Oct, 9, at ‘ile cafeteria 6
Northwest Communit te;

three. hour forum, egiin
6 p.m.:11’ll be hosted Oy
Students, |

“inthe ‘iding wh ch jon

ve.” ;
You must. provide two pieces.
Main you of ®

; “THE! woRLD

| you KNOW THE |

of. identification

voting. eee card but you. 7

will receive a. “certifi cate: to, vate

: that -must: be, presented at-your
; polling st station on n election day,

TERRACE _ ~ People: have the
right to expect, the highest level
of integrity and honesty from .

‘, their politicians,- Premier Rita
Johnston told | dn - ‘election
_ gathering here Sept. 25.

The comment was one. of

- “several she made about.criminat
* charges” laid - that day against
Jack Kempf who until last week .

was the Social Credit candidate
in Bulkley. Valley-Stikine. —

Johnston artived and “hour

~ Kempt affair
called “blip” —

ection #0 ‘takes, place’ a ‘the,
prbvincal ‘government agentts..

, Offie the access centre.on the
* Cottier. of Eby- aiid Lazelle.: °
The ‘dates and. ‘times are Oct...

. 8-H from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct,

ae ‘from 9 am.-5. p.m, Oct.

_ JR1s- ‘from noon to.5° p.m, and.

Oct, 15. from 9 a.m.-9° p.m.
‘Ikke, .

“feport a brisk business last week.

for people régistering during the
initial period." -

when you're: going into the se-

cond week of a campaign,” she - ff

. “T felt it would cloud. a
mimber of issues.-in: the. cam-
paign. if he. were to continue. on.

B “candidate, ‘arid: ‘TV -didn’t-

‘see his constituents put

pos :
-Sehnston fired some shots at

; Mike: eigen ‘accusing: the.

fren being two-faced

and a half behind schedulé- pees

because of having to deal with:
the Kempf matter. He’s charged.
with breach of trust and theft of

over $1,000. Both charges relate

to constituency office spending.

‘Although. Johnston never

, mentioned Kempf by name,. she

did say perception was impor-
tant’ in - politics in:-explaining
why he was being removed as.a

. party candidate.’

“We're going to have these

little blips as we go along,’” - ‘d Jo “tr
“Social “Credit™ Teadersip came

Johnston told approximately 80.
people in Dave. ‘Parker’s cam-
paign office.

very important, ‘Particularly

party, found ‘80 per cent in
favour, 11 per cent opposed and
8 per cent undecided or who
wouldn’ tsay.

When broken down into par-
ty preference, 72 per cent of
Social Credit voters thought
Kempf should step down, 18 per
cent said no ‘while 9 per cent
were undecided or wouldn’t

| Say.

The polls were > conducted by

Educomp, -a:fower mainland :

public opinion survey ‘company:
- It called between 160 and 230
voters in each constituency and
says that kind of sample ‘size
gives a maximum efror capacity
of plus or minus 7.9 per cent 19
times out. of 2: eo.

The question asked was, "If
there: -were.a provincial election

ulton files complaint _

Robitaille said “the matter will
"be. investigated fully.” an

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‘part, Social Credit .

Dave: Parker said.

paign..
In 1986, Parker, first sup-

- -“'Perception “becomes ~ very “ported Bud” Smith: andthe.
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