Mysterious 'election' flyer, posing as official literature, confuses Mount Pearl voters
CBC
This week voters in Mount Pearl opened up their mailboxes to pull out something that's turned into a political can of worms just days before the municipal election.
An election flyer dressed up to look like official correspondence from the city, using Mount Pearl's logo, colour scheme and font style, listed all the fresh faces looking to earn a spot in council chambers.
"Your vote matters more than ever," reads the flyer in orange print, closely replicating the colour the city uses.
"Please elect a new mayor and City Council for Mount Pearl."
Multiple Mount Pearlians took to social media to point out the flyer generated confusion for the average voter.
As group chats and social media pushed word of the apparent new election literature around the city, the faces behind the names on the flyer took to the internet to distance themselves from it.
Every single person on the list confirmed with CBC News that they didn't have any knowledge their name would be on the flyer, didn't give anyone approval to have their name used and, most importantly, had no idea who was behind it.