It shouldn't come as much surprise that the Wall government's plan for the next year includes making voting more difficult for groups less disposed to support them in the 2011 election, particularly considering that support for restrictive voter ID rules was part of their litmus test for a chief electoral officer.
But as the Sask Party cuts down on access to the polls, it's worth pointing out that a similar effort went seriously awry when their federal cousins failed to consider its effect on rural voters - hinting that the policy isn't without some potential costs to a right-wing party. And even if the Wall government avoids the same mistake, the perception of a governing party unilaterally rewriting election rules this close to the start of the campaign may well backfire.
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