We'll find out soon whether the latest Sask Party vote suppression has any impact one way or another on tonight's election results. But even if not, it may nonetheless be rather significant in setting the province's narrative for the next four years.
After all, anybody with the least bit of commitment to the idea of democracy would see vote suppression as a disqualifying factor for a person working to govern on behalf of the population at large. But Brad Wall figures to once again match the right-wing pattern of claiming his party's insiders as being above mere rules and laws - meaning that he'll have a serious ethical cloud to contend with from the moment the polls close. And if the Sask Party's work to keep mere ordinary Saskatchewan citizens from voting gets paired with continued efforts to ignore their interests in government, then today could well be a turning point in ending any talk of a dynasty even if it doesn't bring Wall's government to an immediate end.
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