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  1. Longest Ballot protests are intentionally making ballots unwieldy, having as many candidates as possible to push for electoral reform.

    TIL that this is a thing.

    And that Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer is considering solutions given that a significant number of the voters who are signing nomination papers are signing across multiple candidates.

    CBC reports:

    “Dozens of candidates ran in two byelections held earlier this year — 91 candidates in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun and 84 in Toronto-St. Paul's. Elections Canada had to print ballots nearly a metre long to accommodate all the names. . .

    Many of the candidates associated with the Longest Ballot Committee in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun listed the same official agent — someone who acts as a candidate's representative and handles campaign finances — on their nomination papers.”

    cbc.ca/news/politics/elections

    #Canada #CdnPoli #ChiefElectoralOfficer #ElectionsCanada