Advance Polls Open in Poilievre’s Alberta Intermediate election with 214 candidates and an empty mood
The interim election contains conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre, liberal candidate Darcy Spady, Katherine Swampy and independent Bonnie Critchley of the NDP.Amber Bracken/The Canadian Press
Bob Pushie removed a small piece of paper from his shirt bag, where he had written the name of a candidate the day before and checked the spelling on his ballot.
“I had a small Spiekblad,” Mr Pushie said on Friday, after he had cast his advanced vote for the federal election of August 18 in Battle River-Crowfoot.
A rinse -bound laminated booklet of 32 pages with the record of 214 candidates in driving was available for Mr. Pushie to browse through at the polling station in Camrose, Alta.
He did not need the help, he said, but the unique voice process made him and his wife think about the Canada election system.
“It should somehow be harder to run.”
In this interim election there is no marking of an X. Voters must write the name of their preferred candidate in an empty room by hand.
For the first time in Canadian history, Canada elections say it uses the empty mood because there are so many candidates.
The majority is part of the longest ballot, a protest group that called for various changes in the election system.
The interim election also contains conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, liberal candidate Darcy Spady, Katherine Swampy and independent Bonnie Critchley of the NDP.
Prime Minister Mark Carney called the interim elections in June after Conservative Damien Kurek, who won the chair in the General Elections of April, resigned, so that Mr. Poilievre could run. Mr. Poilievre lost his long-kept Ottawa seat of Carleton in the April mood.
Adapted ballot papers with two columns were used in earlier elections with a higher than usual number of candidates, said Canada elections.
But this time the list is too long.
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Jordan Leah Anderson said that she went through the thick book of the names of candidates to ensure that she had the right spelling on her voice.
“You can see everyone you have an option to vote. It was not a huge pain in the butt,” De Boer said.
“The pages do not stick.”
She said it was important to get out and vote for the candidate who, according to her, will help shape the economy in rural driving, which extends along the east side of the province of Edmonton to Calgary.
Mrs. Anderson’s mother also voted with her.
“I knew the spelling of the person I voted for, but it was nice to have a double check, make sure everything was correct,” said Karen Anderson. “It’s so easy.”
Candidates are mentioned in alphabetical order by the surname in the booklet. Minders are available and poll employees have received extra training so that they can help.
If a voter spelled the name of a candidate, he is still counted, said Elections Canada spokesperson Matthew McKenna.
“They can also record the name of the political party. However, if they only write the name of a political party, their vote cannot be counted. The name of the candidate must be there.”
Mr. Poilievre has expressed his frustrations with the longest voice initiative.
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There were more than 90 candidates in Carleton in the federal elections, which made that ballot and needed a number of folds to submit it.
“I have no problem with someone who wants to run to the office, even if they are not known or not rich,” Mr Poilievre said during a non -related press conference in Calgary.
“But that is not what these people do … They just want to flood the mood to confuse the situation, make it more difficult for people to vote. People with vision problems, the elderly, others who now have trouble, will have more difficult to vote.”
Retired Camrose -resident Jim Fitzgerald said it felt strange to write the name of a candidate on the vote on Friday, after he had marked boxes on ballot papers for years.
“It’s not right. There should not be that many names,” he said,
He did not want to reveal who he voted for, but said that the name of the candidate is ‘everywhere’.
Mr. Fitzgerald admitted that he is not the best player, so he also looked through the book to ensure that he had the name of the candidate good.
“All names are quite large [in the booklet]”He said.
Property ends on Monday evening.
