The group that recruited hundreds of people to run against Pierre Poilievre in last spring’s election and last summer’s byelection says it’s now targeting the vote in Terrebonne.
The Longest Ballot Committee says it’s signing up candidates for the April 13 byelection in the Quebec riding the Liberals won by a single vote last spring.
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The Supreme Court of Canada invalidated that result because Elections Canada sent mail-in ballots with an incorrect postal code to some voters.
The longest ballot group forced Elections Canada to print ballots that were a metre long in Poilievre’s riding in last April’s election, and to use a special write-in ballot in the byelection last August.
Canada’s chief electoral officer has called on the government to change the candidate nomination rules to make such protests more difficult, but no changes have been made so far.
The group says it’s trying to point out that members of Parliament shouldn’t be in charge of making the rules that govern elections.
The Longest Ballot Committee targeting this byelection seems nefarious as it is a LIB/BQ dead heat. Makes you wonder which party they actually work for given they targeted PP/CON last time. They are bad news let the people of this riding have a good fair election and stop trying to turn it into a circus to tilt is in your preferred parties favour which seems to be LIB.
The Longest Bollot Committee member should occupy their time with something more productive to society rather than their current agenda of obnoxiousness and whine.