▁of ▁the ▁Ch omed ey , ▁Mar guer ite - B our ge ois ▁and ▁Laur ier - D or ion ▁rid ings ▁had ▁impro per ly ▁rejected ▁ball ots . ▁In ▁these ▁rid ings ▁the ▁" No " ▁vote ▁was ▁dominant , ▁and ▁the ▁proportion ▁of ▁rejected ▁ball ots ▁was ▁ 1 2 %, ▁ 5 . 5 % ▁and ▁ 3 . 6 %. ▁Thomas ▁Mul ca ir , ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Quebec ▁National ▁Assembly ▁for ▁Ch omed ey , ▁told ▁rep or ters ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁" an ▁orch estr ated ▁attempt ▁to ▁ste al ▁the ▁vote " ▁in ▁his ▁r iding . ▁A ▁study ▁released ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁refer endum ▁by ▁McG ill ▁University ▁concluded ▁that ▁rid ings ▁with ▁a ▁greater ▁amount ▁of ▁" No " ▁votes ▁had ▁a ▁higher ▁percentage ▁of ▁rejected ▁ball ots . ▁Direct eur ▁général ▁des ▁élections ▁du ▁Québec ▁( D GE Q ), ▁Pierre ▁F . ▁C ote , ▁launched ▁an ▁inqu iry ▁into ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁irregular ities , ▁super vised ▁by ▁the ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁of ▁the ▁Quebec ▁Super ior ▁Court , ▁Alan ▁B . ▁Gold . ▁All ▁ball ots ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁rid ings ▁plus ▁a ▁sample ▁of ▁ball ots ▁from ▁other ▁rid ings ▁were ▁exam ined . ▁The ▁inqu iry ▁concluded ▁that ▁some ▁ball ots ▁had ▁been ▁rejected ▁without ▁valid ▁reasons , ▁but ▁the ▁inc idents ▁were ▁isolated . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁rejected ▁ball ots ▁were ▁" No " ▁votes , ▁in ▁proportion ▁to ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁valid ▁votes