US EditionElections Canada to issue write-in ballot in Poilievre’s Alberta by-election due to long list of candidates
BATTLE RIVER-CROWFOOT, ALBERTA, CANADA, JUL 29 – Elections Canada requires voters to handwrite candidate names due to 209 candidates, a record for a single riding, driven by a protest group advocating electoral reform.
- Elections Canada announced on July 28, 2025, that the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection on August 18 will use a write-in ballot due to a record number of candidates.
- The byelection was announced last month after Damien Kurek, the Conservative MP for the riding, resigned to create an opportunity for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to enter the race following his defeat in the Carleton election this April.
- Over 200 candidates have registered for the byelection, most of whom are independents, with a significant number associated with a protest group advocating for electoral reform, resulting in an unusually lengthy ballot that has led Elections Canada to provide a complete list of candidates at polling stations.
- Elections Canada mandates that ballots include the chosen candidate’s name for the vote to be valid, rather than just the party, and all properly completed ballots will be counted in the presence of a witness with security protocols in place.
- This adapted ballot approach aims to manage ballot length and complexity but may delay results and reduce accessibility despite the availability of some tools on election day.
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