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Having fun breaking records while pointing out that politicians shouldn't be in charge of their own ethics & election rules😃 Want to vote for yourself? (It's free) Write us at [email protected]

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

Statement from the organizers of the Longest Ballot Committee
#cdnpoli #electoralreform #battlerivercrowfoot #citizensassembly

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 2d

Long ballots are incredibly common in many jurisdictions, so when MPs claimed last week at PROC that long ballots confuse voters, we have to laugh. What makes them so sure 🇨🇦 voters are more easily confused than voters elsewhere?

Here’s a ballot from the Netherlands
www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinte...

The voting ballot for the next Dutch election is wider than my table.

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Zuuldaff's Pizzeria @zuuldaffs-pizzeria.bsky.social · 2d

Yet more manufactured outrage. This talking point relies on the fact that most Canadians won't really know, or understand what an OA actually does.

As someone who was, years ago, a campaign manager for an independent candidate, there is no reason an OA cannot rep multiple candidates.

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 2d

3/3 Just another very obvious example of why MPs shouldn't be in charge of their own election rules.😀

Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 2d

2/3 As you can see from the results below, sharing OA's is very common. It is disproportionally relied on by the NDP, Green and PPC.
The PROC experts likely had zero clue about this reality, so it's unfortunate their eager endorsements have given a non-partisan cover to a very partisan rule change

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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 2d

1/3 Last week at PROC, profs lined up to support the "1 candidate/OA" proposal. What caught our attention was that they are not proposing 1 candidate/per OA/per riding. To get a better grasp on why they are so interested in this change we took a look at the 2025 election returns...

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

MP Michael "I saw a youtube video" Cooper, being reminded of the reality of the situation by the CEO of Elections Canada...
A disturbing example of a politician taking clickbait election misinformation seriously.

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

Great headline
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

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

All you rascals are going straight to time out

evaneng.bsky.social @evaneng.bsky.social · 9d

@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 · 9d

"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 · 9d

"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 · 9d

Full stream of today's PROC meeting about the Longest Ballot, featuring Tomas❤️
parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

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 · 10d

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 · 13d

tim horton subway next thank u

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

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🙄
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYKB...

MP Maloney calls longest ballot "outrageous" proposes silly candidacy requirements

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

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

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

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 · 15d

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 · 16d

kinda a no-brainer tbh

Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 16d

"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 · 20d

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."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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 · 21d

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 · 28d

📡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😀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xox5...

Running Against the System: Why Dillon Anderson Took On Pierre Poilievre

YouTube video by North Bay Echo

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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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