Mehr als 100 Kandidaten – die meisten in der kanadischen Geschichte -, um gegen Poilievre in der Durchwahl zu laufen
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-byelection-record-number-of-candidates-1.7588679
Mehr als 100 Kandidaten – die meisten in der kanadischen Geschichte -, um gegen Poilievre in der Durchwahl zu laufen
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-byelection-record-number-of-candidates-1.7588679
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6 month current residency or proof you’ve lived in the riding in the past before you can run there
Problem solved.
I think most people have caught onto the game and will be carefully looking for Poilievre name on that ballot so that they could put down that BS.
The unfortunate thing here is that this might actually *help* Poilievre. Given the distaste for Canada’s left-leaning parties in the riding, independents stand a better chance at actually taking some share of the vote. As a result, their names are getting lost in a sea of randoms as they don’t have any kind of party name next to them.
To be clear, I still think Poilievre would win regardless of whether or not the Longest Ballot Committee was pulling this stunt. It’s just kind of scummy that people are legitimately trying to run campaigns as independents, which is already really difficult to pull off, and are being punished by an activist group for it.
I know this sub doesn’t want to hear the truth, but the Longest Ballot Committee is nothing more than a vanity project for voters who will vote ABC.
Not only is this a waste of time for voters, but the people at Elections Canada.
You would never see this happening to a riding where a Liberal or NDP was a favorite to win.
50… 50 now 50… 50… do I hear 100? 100 now 100… do I hear 150??
We need Jim Dickins to call this election.
Something needs to be done so that legitimate independent candidates aren’t burried in this avalanche. Polievre’s whining aside, Canaidans should not have to deal with ballots this long.
It seems the type of thing a Senate committee can look at and send to the House so that this doesn’t turn into a partisan screed at the House level. Polievre’s proposals go too far, seem petulent, and indicate that any Parliamentary committee looking at it could be hijacked by partisanship. People should be allowed to nominate more than one candidate. But I think there should be a resonable limit.
At the root this is the fact that this group is effectively acting as a political party that’s running several candidates. This group is coordinating and funnding these nominations. These aren’t really independent candidates. Perhaps we can limit each political party or organization to one candidate, or limit the number of candidates citizens can nominate to a number like 5.
A lot of funny ideas about what the LBC are about, so I’ll keep posting their statement (im on their email list, and I helped collect thousands of nomination signatures in Winnipeg South Centre when they did it there)
„Ever since we started the LBC years ago we have been calling for politicians like Mr. Poilievre to step aside and recuse themselves from deciding election rules. The reason is simple: when it comes to election law, politicians just have too much skin in the game to be calling the shots. There is a clear and inappropriate conflict of interest. After all, what Prime Minister would reform the system which brought them to power?“
„Poilievre’s proposal for a new 1,000 signature requirement would have a profound and negative impact on Canadian democracy. In most of Canada it would turn every election into a two party race, and in safe ridings, like Battle-River Crowfoot, we would likely see no election at all, races would simply be won by acclamation.“
„This ill conceived and self-serving electoral reform proposal by the leader of the opposition is downright dangerous, and reinforces our conviction that politicians are not well suited to decide the rules of their own elections. Our democracy should be designed to serve voters, not the short term political interests of those in power. So long as we are legally permitted to do so we will continue to use long ballots as a platform to call on politicians of all stripes to do the right and ethical thing: recuse yourselves and pass responsibility for deciding election rules to a permanent, independent, and non-partisan body, such as a citizens‘ assembly.“