[Opinion] Alberta’s Longest Ballot Byelection Is a Protest for What Politicians’ Fear — Electoral Reform

Alberta’s Longest Ballot byelection is a protest for what politicians’ fear — electoral reform

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Elections Canada put an end to Longest Ballot Committee’s trickery – Brooks Bulletin

Now, with a write-in ballot and the need to scan through 214 names, there’s a solid chance you’ll throw up your hands and stay home on election day. LORNE GUNTERTORONTO SUN So the Longest Ballot Committee has been thwarted — sort of — in its effort to hijack next month’s byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot.The committee’s stunt of clogging the ballot in the central Alberta riding with more than 200 names worked. By the close of nominations on Tu…