A spurned Progressive Conservative candidate who sued the party alleging ballot-stuffing at a nomination meeting has withdrawn his civil lawsuit. But Hamilton police are continuing a criminal probe of unnamed Conservatives amid allegations of forgery and fraud at the candidate election last May. Vikram Singh, a Hamilton lawyer and runner-up in the Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas riding had alleged “wrongful insertion of false ballots” at a nomination meeting. Article Continued BelowThree PC sources have told the Star that legal bills for both sides of the civil dispute are approaching the seven-figure mark. “Furthermore, I acknowledge that the PC party’s nomination rules and the Election Act … when read together, give the leader of the PC party the authority to identify the candidates who may run under the PC party banner in a provincial election,” he said.

Source: thestar January 24, 2018 22:07 UTC