GGAug 28, 2024

At least 91 candidates will be on the ballot for the Sept 16 by-election in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun (Montreal)

79 of the candidates are linked to the 'Longest Ballot Committee', a group who claim they're protesting Canada's voting system. Many who ran in Toronto are on the ballot again in Montreal.

Previous long ballots records: 84 in Toronto (June/24) and 48 in Winnipeg (June/23).
"Longest Ballot" did not participate in true-blue Durham (Mar/23) #cdnpoli #poilievre

https://www.cp24.com/news/montreal-byelection-to-have-most-candidates-in-federal-election-history-1.7015449

Montreal byelection to have most candidates in federal election history

An upcoming byelection in Montreal will have the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections, breaking a record set earlier this summer in Toronto.

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Show threadGGAug 28, 2024

At least 91 candidates...

"The Longest Ballot Committee has ONLY ever participated in Liberal ridings & one NDP riding. NOT ONE Conservative held riding."
"Running fake spoiler candidates who don’t live, support, or even campaign, in the communities they target, is so clearly a dirty trick & an abuse of rules/ norms benefiting the #Conservatives. The organizers claim to be independent, but the ridings they target tell another story."

#Montreal #TorontoStPauls #poilievre
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Show threadNick PilonAug 28, 2024
@gemelliz the Longest Ballot folks are a ratfucking operation plain and simple. They’re exploiting legitimate progressive grievances with the electoral system to torpedo actual progressive candidates. We can’t get electoral reform by electing conservatives - the only party that purely benefits from the system as it is - and that’s all their stunts will do.
Show threadAlison Creekside

@npilon @gemelliz The Longest Ballot Committee is the most own-goal scoring PR campaign I've ever heard of because long & confusing ballots is one of the main talking points anti-PR campaigns use to reject PR.

That said, they've participated in 5 elections so far - 3 won by the Libs, one won by the Greens, and one won by the Cons.

Aug 28, 2024 at 3:09pmWeb