US EditionPierre Poilievre calls on government to act as more than 150 candidates register in byelection
BATTLE RIVER-CROWFOOT, ALBERTA, CANADA, JUL 22 – Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre urges a law requiring candidates to gather signatures from 0.5% of the riding population to prevent ballot flooding, citing 132 candidates registered.
- In the Alberta riding of Battle River–Crowfoot, registrations soared to 138 candidates as of Monday afternoon, with the July 28 cutoff still open.
- Most of those candidates are independents protesting the system, and the Longest Ballot Committee organized these ballot protests to press for change.
- According to Elections Canada, 132 Longest Ballot Committee–sponsored candidates are running, and the RCMP warns some have faced negative or threatening social media commentary.
- Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre called the candidate flood a `blatant abuse` of democracy, and he urged legislation requiring signatures from 0.5% of the riding’s population when Parliament returns in September.
- Elections Canada said the Battle River–Crowfoot byelection is set for August 18, 2025, and the agency is exploring ways to simplify the voting process `based on recent experiences with elections involving a higher-than-usual number of candidates.
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says the long list of names that line up to flood ballots in his next federal by-election is a " flagrant abuse" of democracy – and he wants the government to act.
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Poilievre calls for law to block long ballot protests that 'abuse democracy'
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the long list of names lining up to flood the ballot in his upcoming federal byelection amounts to a "blatant abuse" of democracy — and he wants the government to do something about it when MPs retur
Pierre Poilievre calls on government to act as more than 150 candidates register in byelection
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the government to take action against the advocacy group that’s encouraged nearly 150 candidates to register as Independents in the upcoming byelection in rural Alberta’s Battle River—Crowfoot riding, where he too is running in the hopes of winning back a seat in the House of Commons.
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