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Terrebonne byelection to use adapted ballot due to high number of candidates
Elections Canada requires voters to write in candidates' names to manage 48 protest candidates, avoiding ballot delays seen in previous elections, Chief Electoral Officer said.
- Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot for the upcoming byelection due to a large number of candidates from the Longest Ballot Committee protesting Canada's first-past-the-post system.
- Elections Canada will provide voters with a list of candidates at polling stations, but voters must write the first or initials and last name of their chosen candidate for their vote to count.
- The byelection was called by the Supreme Court due to errors with previous mail-in ballots, and it will take place on April 13 with advance polls from April 3 to 6.
- The Longest Ballot Committee has previously run hundreds of candidates in multiple elections to protest the electoral system, prompting changes like write-in ballots to manage long ballots and delays.
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Surge of Protest Candidates Forces Write-In Ballots in Quebec Byelection
Voters in Terrebonne will need to cast write-in ballots at polling stations next month in response to the Longest Ballot Committee targeting the Quebec riding’s byelection with more than 40 candidates, the head of Elections Canada says. Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault told a parliamentary committee this week that a total of 48 candidates are running in the Terrebonne riding. He said the write-in ballot was the “lesser evil” when compar…
The electors of Terrebonne will themselves have to enter the name of the candidate of their choice on the ballot for the April 13 by-election.
The Toronto Star
Terrebonne byelection to use adapted ballot due to high number of candidates
Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target.
Montreal-area byelection to use write-in ballots due to dozens of protest candidates
The head of Elections Canada said voters will have to write in their pick in next month's byelection in an off-island Montreal suburb due to the long list of protest candidates running in the riding.
Electors in Terrebonne who will go to the ballot box in the federal by-election will themselves be required to enter the name of their candidate on a blank ballot.
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