The Big Story

What one group is doing to make the case for election reform in Canada

Apr 22, 2025
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INSIGHT

Longest Ballot Highlights Reform Needs

  • The Longest Ballot Committee runs protest candidates to highlight how broken Canada's electoral system is.
  • Their 91-candidate ballot creates the longest ballot in Canadian election history to draw attention to electoral reform.
ANECDOTE

Hamilton's Repeated Candidacies

  • Blake Hamilton has run three times as a candidate for the Longest Ballot Committee in federal and by-elections.
  • He feels this federal election is the perfect time to run again to spread awareness about electoral reform.
INSIGHT

Flaws of First-Past-The-Post

  • First-past-the-post regularly allows majority governments with less than 50% of votes.
  • This system excludes many voices and creates false majorities which hinder fair representation.
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