Vancouver asks court to ban names in non-English alphabets from ballot
'I feel like a part of my identity is being stripped,' says Suzie Mah, who is running for the Vancouver school board.
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'I feel like a part of my identity is being stripped,' says Suzie Mah, who is running for the Vancouver school board.
Vancouver's chief election officer has filed a court application seeking to declare that 15 candidates in upcoming municipal polls are not entitled to have their names on the ballot papers using Chinese, Persian or other non-Latin characters.
'I feel like a part of my identity is being stripped,' says Suzie Mah, who is running for the Vancouver school board.
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