The Liberal Party has changed its mind and decided that a person who came out publicly against the policy platform of leadership candidate Andrew Furey is now eligible to vote.

Robyn LeGrow accused Furey’s camp of trying to block her from voting, but the party said anyone who did not meet the criteria would not be eligible. LeGrow did not indicate that she would be voting Liberal in the general election.

Today, LeGrow got an email from official Lewis Stoyles telling her that the party has changed its stance and that she now can vote in the leadership.

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A lifelong Liberal who has been denied voting privileges for the leaderships is taking the party to court over the process.

Robyn LeGrow, who posted concerns on Facebook about policies or lack thereof coming out of the Andrew Furey camp, is one of the 1,000 people who have been refused voting privileges by the party. About 33,000 have been accepted.

A questionnaire has to be filled out by all people who register, but LeGrow did not go along with the robocall asking whether she would be voting Liberal in the general election.

She accuses the Furey camp of attempting to block her out. LeGrow says the Furey camp is trying to defame her to the point where she is concerned about the state of democracy in the province.

LeGrow has hired Bob Buckingham to represent her in legal proceedings against the party. She says the official email from the party declared her ineligible because she did not support the aims and objectives. She’s unclear as to how they determined that.

Past president Judy Morrow says neither candidate has anything to do with declaring who is or is not eligible to vote.