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OTTAWA — Mysterious letters that direct voters to the wrong polling stations in London and Ottawa were an innocent mistake, the Ontario Progressive Conservative party said Tuesday.

The Ontario Liberal party called on Elections Ontario on Tuesday to investigate the letters, alleging “voter suppression” after a supporter with a Liberal lawn sign in London North Centre received a letter telling her to vote at the wrong polling station.

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Local Progressive Conservative candidate Nancy Branscombe’s campaign issued a statement taking responsibility.

“Today, I was made aware that letters from my campaign may have caused some confusion for residents of 64 households in the riding of London North Centre. I want to apologize for any inconvenience. We are contacting these households to clarify.”

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The letter with the wrong polling station information was signed by Tim Gatten, a staffer for Conservative MP Susan Truppe. He told blackburnnews.com that he didn’t send the letters.

“I didn’t send them,” he said. “I was helping out with some volunteers. That’s all I was doing.”

Later in the day, a voter in Ottawa-West-Nepean produced a similar letter.

Both letters were written in a chatty, neighbourly style, encouraging people to get out and vote.

The Ottawa letter was signed by Saxon Harding, who told CBC that she “let the party send that out,” but would not otherwise comment. Progressive Conservative candidate Randal Denley’s campaign did not respond to a phone call or email.

Both letters bear a postmark from downtown Toronto.