US EditionMore than 200 Candidates Running in Pierre Poilievre Byelection
BATTLE RIVER-CROWFOOT, ALBERTA, CANADA, JUL 27 – A record 209 candidates, mostly independents backed by electoral reform advocates, registered for the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, doubling the previous nomination record, Elections Canada said.
- More than 200 candidates registered to run in the August 18 Battle River-Crowfoot byelection in Alberta, where Poilievre seeks to return to Parliament.
- The large candidate list follows former MP Damien Kurek resigning to allow Poilievre to run after losing his Ottawa-area seat in the last federal election.
- Most candidates are independents linked to the Longest Ballot Committee, which advocates electoral reform and has flooded past ballots to highlight system issues.
- Elections Canada will use an adapted ballot with a write-in space and expects counting delays from the roughly one-metre-long ballot containing 209 names.
- Poilievre condemned the candidate influx as a manipulation and called for legislative changes to election rules to prevent long-ballot protests, while authorities plan reforms to ease voting challenges.
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More Than 200 Candidates Now Running in Poilievre’s Byelection
The number of candidates running in the Alberta federal byelection next month has now surged past 200 as a protest group seeking electoral reform targets the riding where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attempting to regain a parliamentary seat. A total of 209 candidates affiliated with the Longest Ballot Committee have registered to run in Battle River-Crowfoot to date as the protest group zeroes in for the second time on the riding in …
Over 200 candidates sign up for Poilievre's byelection — doubling previous record
More than 200 candidates, mostly associated with a group of electoral reform advocates, have signed up to run in a federal byelection next month. The number more than doubles the previous record on a single ballot.
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