Via #GlobalNews - Jan 23, 2026

A trio of #Alberta #FirstNations have applied 4 judicial review of decision by #ElectionsAlberta 2 approve a petition on the province’s #separation from #Canada

In an application filed in the Court of King’s Bench in #Edmonton Wednesday, the #Siksika Nation, #Piikani Nation and #BloodTribes r asking that the #CitizensPetitionAct, under which the province’s #ChiefElectoralOfficer allowed the petition 2 proceed, b declared #unconstitutional

https://globalnews.ca/news/11635807/alberta-first-nations-claim-separation-petition-unconstitutional/

Bihar’s Chief Electoral Officer: Meeting on Administrative Transfers and Voter‑list Integrity.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_bihar_ceo_administration_voter_list

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #ChiefElectoralOfficer #GrandAlliance #Mahagathbandhan #ElectionIntegrity #SystematicInformationRegister #VoterList #RJD #congress #jdubihar

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Vinod Singh Gunjiyaal Takes Charge as Bihar's New Chief Electoral Officer.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_vinod_gunjiyaal_bihar_new_ceo

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #elections #ElectionCommissionIndia
#ECI #ChiefElectoralOfficer #CEO

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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.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elections-canada-proposes-rule-changes-longest-ballot-protest-1.7392517

#Canada #CdnPoli #ChiefElectoralOfficer #ElectionsCanada