Bloc Qubcois to challenge Terrebonne election result in court [Video]

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Thursday the party plans to launch a legal challenge after losing the federal riding of Terrebonne by a single vote.

Blanchet said Friday the party wants a court order to run the vote again because a mail-in vote from a Bloc supporter was returned to sender.

Elections Canada admitted this week that a misprint on an envelope used to mail a special ballot from Terrebonne led to one Bloc voter’s mail-in ballot being returned to her.

Despite the error, Elections Canada said Wednesday the result of the judicial recount in the riding was final. However Blanchet said the party will contest the result in Quebec’s Superior Court.

“Elections Canada, as an institution, does not have the jurisdiction to itself order a do-over of the election. But it has admitted the error raised by the citizen,” Blanchet told reporters in French, saying a judge would need to make such an …