hard line

1.Reports say Ambassador Galbraith has sided with the Canadian chairman of the Electoral Complaints Commission, Grant Kippen, to take a hard line and toss out all tainted ballots.

报导说，加尔布雷斯站在选务申诉委员会席、加拿大的奇朋一边，张采取强硬政策，把有问题的选票全都作废。