US EditionLongest ballot protest group returns, targets byelection in Terrebonne
The Longest Ballot Committee aims to disrupt the Terrebonne by-election by recruiting many candidates to protest electoral system flaws, with a March 23 nomination deadline.
- On March 17, 2026, the Longest Ballot Committee said volunteers are collecting nomination signatures to register dozens of minor candidates in the Terrebonne federal riding, with the nomination deadline March 23 at 2 p.m. and 100 signatures required per candidate.
- Having disrupted past races by forcing metre-long ballots, the Longest Ballot Committee says MPs should not set election rules, which it argues belong to a citizens' assembly.
- Experts like Nik Nanos say the group's biggest effect will likely be disruption of the electoral process rather than changing the winner, given the last vote was decided by one point.
- With the by-elections looming, Elections Canada said it will monitor nominations closely and may adjust ballots and procedures, while Canada's chief electoral officer urged rule changes that remain unmade.
- While some ridings are seen as safe, John Beebe, director of Toronto Metropolitan University's Democratic Engagement Exchange, warned protests hinder election participation, and Nik Nanos said two Toronto ridings contrast Terrebonne's volatile contest.
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Hundreds of members of this group ran against Pierre Poilievre in two elections.
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Longest ballot protest group returns, targets byelection in Terrebonne
OTTAWA - The group that recruited hundreds of people to run against Pierre Poilievre in last spring's election and last summer's byelection says it's now targeting the vote in Terrebonne.
The 'longest ballot' protest is back and this time it's targeting the Terrebonne by-election
The group that recruited hundreds of people to run against Pierre Poilievre in last spring's election and last summer's by-election says it's now targeting the vote in Terrebonne.The Longest Ballot Committee says it's signing up candidates for the April 13 by-election in the Quebec riding the Liberals won by a single vote last spring.The Supreme Court of Canada invalidated that result because Elections Canada sent mail-in ballots with an incorre…
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