Independent Hopeful probably most common sense person running
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Last election. Prince George area for 1. Then there is the matter of sopme120 000 mail in ballots that Elections Canada decided not to count.
No his point is this is election interference targeted at one candidate.
No, I’m just saying it’s pretty blatantly biased based upon the justification for the protest and who they’re targeting, as opposed to who they’re not targeting.
Is this a non-partisan protest based upon having an issue with the broken promise by Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party regarding electoral reform in three consecutive federal elections like they claim? If so, why are they doing what they’re doing?
With that in mind, I’m just pointing out the obvious, so take it for what it is, or not.
I would like to know if the original person stepped down voluntarily OR was he pushed out. There's a big difference!
I would like to know how much time Trudeau spent in his constituency. How much time have opposition leaders spent in their ridings? Inquiring minds want to know.
Their actions aren’t aligned with their claimed motivation. Elections Canada listed 209 confirmed candidates in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot as of Monday morning, only seven of which have political party affiliations. Monday is the close of nominations for the Aug. 18 byelection, and a complete list will be available Wednesday, the elections agency said.
The riding has since been targeted by the electoral-reform-minded group that targeted Poilievre. The Longest Ballot Committee contributed 85 of the 91 names on the ballot in Carleton, reported The Canadian Press, an effort spokesperson Tomas Szuchewycz said was meant to boost interest in reform.
The Longest Ballot Committee is now targeting Poilievre’s next attempt to get into the House, with Szuchewycz listed as the “name of official agent” on 199 of the 209 nominations.
Elections Canada says voters will need to write in their desired candidate during the upcoming byelection in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot to avoid a massive ballot with more than 200 names.
The independent body said in a news release Monday that voters will be provided the special ballots at advance polls and on election day. Electors will need to write their preferred candidate's name.
"This will replace the typical list-style ballot, on which electors mark a blank circle next to the name of the candidate of their choice," the news release said.
Elections Canada said a full list of candidates will be available at polling stations.
Write-in ballots are used in every election for voters who cast their ballots outside of designated voting days — including at Elections Canada offices or via mail-in ballots.
The Elections Act allows the head of Elections Canada to make short-term changes in the case of "an unusual or unforeseen circumstance."
Despite the switch for the Aug. 18 byelection, Elections Canada is cautioning that there could still be counting delays.
Elections Canada has had to make changes to accommodate the mammoth-sized ballots in the past — mostly through early counting and bringing in extra workers at added expense.
The independent body said in a news release Monday that voters will be provided the special ballots at advance polls and on election day. Electors will need to write their preferred candidate's name.
"This will replace the typical list-style ballot, on which electors mark a blank circle next to the name of the candidate of their choice," the news release said.
Elections Canada said a full list of candidates will be available at polling stations.
Write-in ballots are used in every election for voters who cast their ballots outside of designated voting days — including at Elections Canada offices or via mail-in ballots.
The Elections Act allows the head of Elections Canada to make short-term changes in the case of "an unusual or unforeseen circumstance."
Despite the switch for the Aug. 18 byelection, Elections Canada is cautioning that there could still be counting delays.
Elections Canada has had to make changes to accommodate the mammoth-sized ballots in the past — mostly through early counting and bringing in extra workers at added expense.
To avoid such silliness, the people who are running should be paying an "entrance fee" (for lack of a better term) so that the people running are serious about what they're running for. In this case, (as in Ottawa) it was purely to confuse voters & to ensure the front runner(s) would likely lose because of the amount of people running.
I was astonished to find out that there is no cost to running; they needed a certain amount of signatures (which is easily gotten if people don't pay attention to what' happening) & that there is an organization out there who are purposefully putting candidates on the ballot to confuse voters. That's not being democratic at all. The people voting in this bi-election need to pay attention & take their time in voting so that they know exactly who they're voting for & why. Just sayin...
I was astonished to find out that there is no cost to running; they needed a certain amount of signatures (which is easily gotten if people don't pay attention to what' happening) & that there is an organization out there who are purposefully putting candidates on the ballot to confuse voters. That's not being democratic at all. The people voting in this bi-election need to pay attention & take their time in voting so that they know exactly who they're voting for & why. Just sayin...
There used to be one. A deposit.If you got 4% of the vote, you got it back. But it was found to violate the Charter so was removed.
And then the law of unintended consequences kicked in. Which somehow doesn't violate our charter rights to a free and democratic election.