People in and around Chéticamp could be voting in a new riding in the next provincial election, after a Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling that the northern Cape Breton area deserves to have a special Acadian electoral district.

According to the decision, the lack of a protected district for Chéticamp is an unjustified breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court gave the provincial electoral boundaries commission 20 months to draw up the new riding.

Jules Chaisson, executive director of…