Around 200 ballot papers rejected in Battle River-Crowfoot in Temporary election, says Canada elections
Over 200 Ballot Papers Rejected in Alberta Interim Elections
A record of 214 people were driving, with booklets with the candidates made available at voting stations.
Jason Franson/The Canadian Press
Just over 200 ballot papers were rejected in the recent interim elections in Alberta, where conservative leader Pierre Poilievre regained a seat in the Lower House, says Canada elections.
Validated results of the Battle River-Crowfoot-Time election placed by elections Canada show 51,085 valid votes cast in the interim election, and 211 rejected ballot papers, or 0.4 percent of the total votes cast.
A record of 214 people were in the mood, most of whom were part of a protest movement called the longest ballot committee, which insists on electoral reform to replace the first-paste-post system.
The group also focused on the Carleton that ran in the general elections, when there were 91 candidates on the mood with Poilievre.
Because there were so many more candidates for Battle River – Crowfoot, for the first time, voters had to write the name of their preferred candidate on a blank mood. Thick, rinse -bound booklets with the candidates were available at voting stations.
Matthew McKenna, a spokesperson for the Canada elections, said: “The essential criteria for a vote to be counted that the intention of the voter is clear,” which means that a mood with typing errors can still be counted.
“If the vote did not contain the name of a candidate, or to include the name of someone who did not ride for election, the intention would not be perceptible and the mood could not be counted,” McKenna said.
Poilievre received more than 80 percent of the votes in the interim election and received 41,308 votes.
McKenna said that elections canada “have taken a number of measures” to ensure that voters knew how to use the mood and easily find the name of their chosen candidate when they voted.
He said that the agency released a video on social media to familiarize voters with the new format and said that Poll -employees had had training so that they would be willing to answer questions from voters and to offer help to those who needed it.
“As we do for every election, we will take the time to assess how it went and we will share details in reports after the elections that we will publish in the coming months,” said McKenna.
“Because this was the first time that Elections Canada used a writing mood for polls before and election day, we will see how things went yesterday to see what worked well and what could be improved if such a mood were to be used again in future elections.”
The Battle River – Crowfoot Riding was released shortly after the general elections for spring, when conservative Damien Kurek resigned to make way for the party leader.
Poilievre has been chosen seven consecutive times in the Ottawa area of Carleton since 2004, but lost to the Liberal Bruce Fanjoy in April. Poilievre was unable to sit as a leader of the official opposition during the spring, and Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer filled that role in the house. Poilievre remained the conservative leader and will resume his role as an opposition leader when the Lower House will resume in September.
