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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 12h

Great headline
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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 1d

All you rascals are going straight to time out

evaneng.bsky.social @evaneng.bsky.social · 1d

@longestballot.bsky.social OWNED by MP with EPIC non sequitur! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5YR...

Longest Ballot OWNED by MP with EPIC non sequitur

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 1d

"The Longest Ballot Committee advocates that you MPs recuse yourself from writing the rules of your own elections,"-Tomas Szuchewycz
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MPs grill long ballot organizer during tense committee meeting | CBC News

MPs with the House procedures committee on Tuesday scrutinized a representative from a group of long ballot protesters for his role in helping to flood some ridings with dozens of candidates in recent...

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 1d

"This protest has been successful beyond anything I honestly could have ever imagined" - Tomas

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Longest Ballot Committee speaks to MPs (opening statement)

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 1d

Full stream of today's PROC meeting about the Longest Ballot, featuring Tomas❤️
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PROC Meeting No. 5

Meeting No. 5 PROC - Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 3d

Longest ballot presenting to Procedure and House Affairs, Let's go!😀
w.ipolitics.ca/2025/10/05/carney-heads-to-washington-d-c-for-second-trade-focused-tete-a-tete-with-trump/

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John Dale @johndalerural.bsky.social · 6d

tim horton subway next thank u

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 6d

Today at PROC, Liberal MP Maloney (appearing via zoom) says he's determined to stop long ballots and presents his very own homespun candidate requirement ideas: Candidates must name 3 streets or 2 restaurants in the riding to qualify🙄
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MP Maloney calls longest ballot "outrageous" proposes silly candidacy requirements

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 6d

yup we'll post the link, but should be somewhere here:
www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 6d

Mark your calendars! Tuesday, October 7th Tomas will be presenting to MPs who are eager to find out what we're all about😀

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 8d

Well-rested after a summer vacation, MPs are ready to get back to their important work.

Screenshot of two current studies being conducted in parliament:
-Report on the 45th General Election of April 28, 2025
-Actions of the "Longest Ballot Committee" in Recent Canadian Elections

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 9d

kinda a no-brainer tbh

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 9d

"Picking your elected representative is not a joke, I think the longer we have this...the less confidence Canadians have that [MPs] can do anything right, including elections" - MP Melissa Lantsman on the Longest Ballot Committee

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 13d

In NFLD candidates can run in an unlimited number of ridings, and someone is taking advantage👍
"I'm going to do something that's quite unusual. I mean we all recognize that this has not happened before, but we're also going to push the boundaries of electoral reform."
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N.L's former NDP leader is running as an Independent — in 2 different districts | CBC News

Alison Coffin made the announcement on her website Monday, and is running as a candidate in Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde and Harbour Grace-Port de Grave.

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 14d

omg someone's been extending it

Pixel art of a ballot that is really really really long

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 20d

📡Incoming transmission📡
from an alternate universe where the Battle River -- Crowfoot ballot was printed with all 214 candidate names.

A glorious ballot with 214 candidates on it, the ballot is 2.2 meters tall.

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great interview with former Battle River-Crowfoot independent candidate Dillon Anderson from the North Bay Echo😀
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Running Against the System: Why Dillon Anderson Took On Pierre Poilievre

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Sep 4

Montreal mayoral candidate Craig Sauvé (who ran for the NDP on last year's long ballot in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun) announces electoral reform platform
montreal.citynews.ca/2025/09/03/t...

Transition Montreal putting forward plan for 'biggest municipal electoral reform in decades'

Montreal mayoral candidate Craig Sauvé says he’s putting forward the most ambitious municipal electoral reform in over 20 years. His party, Transition Montréal, unveiled the plan Wednesday morning in ...

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Sep 3

PROC Chair (St.Catharines Liberal MP Chris Bittle) calls for study into long ballots “I think it’s an issue—as a Member of Parliament—and hopefully something that’s of interest to everyone to look into,”
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‘Sunshine is what is needed’: 2025 election, foreign interference issues on deck for PROC this fall

Conservative vice-chair Michael Cooper says he thinks the Longest Ballot Committee's efforts may also need to be explored by the House Affairs Committee.

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Aug 31

"Politicians who are elected by the current system will never make it fair...People believe in this protest and want to sign up"- Independent candidate @alexcerne.bsky.social spoke on the Evan Bray show. Starting at 3:30 😀
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The Evan Bray Show - Alex Banks - August 18th, 2025

All eyes remain on the Battle River-Crowfoot in Alberta as the byelection intended for Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's election gets underway today. More than 14,000 people voted in adv...

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Aug 28

Makes you think🤓

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Aug 26

BRC had record high byelection turnout + record low rejected ballots. No surprise to us😀 but it's worth noting that contrary to what our critics were saying just a few weeks ago, voters have once again proved they have the intellectual capacity to handle a unusually high number of candidates👍

Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Aug 26

"results posted by Elections Canada over the weekend show that 211 ballots were rejected in last week's byelection —0.4 per cent of the total votes cast. By comparison, 391 ballots were rejected in the same riding during April's general election — 0.6 per cent of the total"

Few ballots rejected in Poilievre's byelection, despite write-in requirement | CBC News

The requirement to write in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre or other candidates' names during last week's byelection doesn't appear to have made an impact on how many ballots were rejected.

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Aug 26

"results posted by Elections Canada over the weekend show that 211 ballots were rejected in last week's byelection —0.4 per cent of the total votes cast. By comparison, 391 ballots were rejected in the same riding during April's general election — 0.6 per cent of the total"

Few ballots rejected in Poilievre's byelection, despite write-in requirement | CBC News

The requirement to write in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre or other candidates' names during last week's byelection doesn't appear to have made an impact on how many ballots were rejected.

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Aug 23

These annoying and chaotic long ballots are already happening under FPTP

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · Aug 21

"For me, it's about bringing attention to some of the flaws in our election system" - Brian Wishart

"I really do think that it's an experience that everybody should have…. I want regular people giving it a shot. That would be amazing."- Jayson Cowan
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Was Battle River-Crowfoot the last hurrah for the long ballot protest? | CBC News

Electoral reform advocates known as the Longest Ballot Committee helped field the largest number of candidates in Canadian history for Monday’s byelection. But politicians are starting to look at ways...

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