VICTORIA — As the B.C. Green party has started to elect their new leader, and one candidate says she is paying close attention to the election process as the party looks to verify thousands of new members before announcing the winner on Sept. 24.

Emily Lowan said she is working constructively with the party to ensure that the vast majority of new members will be verified in time to cast their ballots, but has also retained legal counsel.

Voting started Saturday for verified party members and ends Sept. 23, but Lowan has expressed concerns about the party’s ability to verify all new members by Sept. 22 with the party citing the threat of foreign interference as reason for the verification process.

Lowan is running for the leadership against Jonathan Kerr and Adam Bremner-Akins, and has p

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