Canadian Law Changed To Allow Tweeting Of Election Results

A new Canadian law has been put in place to allow citizens to discuss election results on Twitter or blogs before all the polls close across the country.

The new law will replace a 1938 law that prevented anyone from broadcasting election results before the last poll closed on the West coast. This meant that Torontonians couldn’t discuss their local election results until Vancouver’s polls closed, usually about 3+ hours after their own polls had closed.

If this law sounds a bit dated, that’s because it is.

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