Posted AT 1:28 AM EDT on 24/03/07
Lift face veils or don't vote, Quebec tells Muslims
TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QUE., MONTREAL and SAINT-EUSTACHE, QUE. — With three days left in one of the most tightly contested elections in decades, Quebec's electoral officer yesterday reversed his decision to allow Muslim women to vote without having to lift their face veils to identify themselves.
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