Barring poor voters, Tasers and barking MLAs

Making sure poor people don't get a vote, the Taser scam and zapping MLAs who behave badly. Sometimes, there are just too many good topics, so several items get rolled into one column. Start with the changes to the rules for running elections. The attention has been on the Liberals' gag law, which restricts the right of individuals to run ads to raise issues in the five months before an election. The bill has another creepy provision, which will make it harder for poor people to vote. The law