Canada's elections chief on Monday defended a decision to allow conservatively veiled Muslim women to vote without uncovering their faces, despite appeals from the prime minister to reverse the ruling. Elections director general Marc Mayrand called the news conference to defend his position, insisting that there was nothing in the electoral law that would force Muslim women to uncover before casting a ballot.
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Canada's elections chief on Monday defended a decision to allow conservatively veiled Muslim women to vote without uncovering their faces, despite appeals from the prime minister to reverse the ruling. Elections director general Marc Mayrand called the news conference to defend his position, insisting that there was nothing in the electoral law that would force Muslim women to uncover before casting a ballot.
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