US EditionMPs question Longest Ballot Committee organizer during probe of spring election
The Longest Ballot Committee organized over 200 candidates to highlight flaws in election rules, prompting MPs to consider changes to curb ballot length, Elections Canada said.
- The Longest Ballot Committee signed up hundreds of candidates in recent elections to push for electoral reform, including over 200 against Pierre Poilievre in the summer byelection that returned him to the House of Commons.
- Tomas Szuchewycz, who was listed as the official agent for hundreds of candidates, represented the Longest Ballot Committee at a House of Commons committee meeting.
- Szuchewycz told MPs that the Longest Ballot Committee has been "successful beyond anything I honestly could have ever imagined," citing media attention.
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Man Behind Hundreds of Candidates Flooding Poilievre’s Elections Defends Action at House Committee
A representative of the movement to flood federal election ballots with candidates as a way to advocate for electoral reform defended his actions before a House of Commons committee on Oct. 7. Tomas Szuchewycz told MPs the Longest Ballot Committee (LBC) urges MPs to recuse themselves from writing election rules, which he calls a conflict of interest, and to instead “establish a permanent independent, nonpartisan body to oversee the full framewor…
The Chronicle-Journal
MPs question Longest Ballot Committee organizer during probe of spring election
OTTAWA - An organizer behind a protest group that signed up hundreds of candidates in recent elections told members of Parliament on Tuesday that his invitation to appear before a House committee is proof of the group's success.
Winnipeg Free Press
MPs question Longest Ballot Committee organizer during study of spring election
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
OTTAWA—An organizer of a protest group who had registered hundreds of candidates in the last elections told Members on Tuesday that his invitation to appear before a committee of the House of Commons reflected the success of his organization. Tomas Szuchewycz was a witness to the longest ballot committee at a meeting of the Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, which examined the impact of the long ballots on the recent by-elections and the …
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