Elections P.E.I. sending out new voter cards for upcoming byelections due to printing errors
Voters originally received yellow cards with someone else's name and information on them
Elections P.E.I is urging voters in District 9 and District 15 to destroy the voter information cards they've received due to a printing error.
The yellow voter cards that were previously mailed out in advance of provincial byelections in the two districts contain two sets of names and addresses.
One side holds the information for the resident who received the card, but the opposite side contains someone else's name and address.
Purple-coloured voter cards have since been mailed out to replace the yellow ones. Elections P.E.I. said the new cards should have the word "revised" printed on them.
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in P.E.I. said it is aware of the printing error, but the office is not getting involved in the matter because "names and associated addresses are generally publicly available information."
District 9, Charlottetown–Hillsborough Park, was left vacant by the resignation of Natalie Jameson, the district's Progressive Conservative MLA since 2019, who later ran federally for the Conservatives.
Brackley–Hunter River, is former premier Dennis King's old district. The PC leader resigned in February after having served as Brackley-Hunter River's MLA since 2019.
The byelections in both districts will be held Tuesday, Aug. 12.
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With files from Jackie Sharkey