As the B.C. Green Party has started to elect their new leader, 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 advocating to have an extension of the leadership vote until the vast majority of new members are verified, and says she’s retained legal council.

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 previously called for changes that she s

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