{"id":31316,"date":"2025-07-29T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31316\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:37:10","slug":"battle-river-crowfoot-byelection-to-use-adapted-ballots-due-to-high-number-of-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31316\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle River-Crowfoot byelection to use adapted ballots due to high number of candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 28, 2025 6:19 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Voters in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/battle-river-crowfoot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Battle River-Crowfoot<\/a> byelection in eastern Alberta will be required to write out the name of their preferred candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elections-canada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elections Canada<\/a> said, because of the unusually high number of people running and past challenges with long ballots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753129028_943_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More than 200 people were registered to run as of Monday, which was also the last day to sign up for candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes Conservative Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/pierre-poilievre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Poilievre<\/a>, Liberal candidate Darcy Spady, the NDP\u2019s Katherine Swampy and dozens more sponsored by the Longest Ballot Committee, a protest group bringing attention to the issue of electoral reform.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA campaign sign for independent candidate Bonnie Critchley next to signs for Pierre Poilievre and Darcy Spady in the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot in Camrose, Alta., on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAmber Bracken\/ The Canadian Press\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The advocacy group also targeted Poilievre\u2019s former Ottawa riding of Carleton in the April general election, which he lost, by registering some 91 candidates, making the ballot bulky and requiring a number of folds to submit.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAn example of a ballot for the riding of Carleton, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was running for re-election, the subject of a protest by the Longest Ballot Committee, a group calling for electoral reform, is seen at the Elections Canada Distribution Centre on the day of the federal election, in Ottawa, on Monday, April 28, 2025.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJustin Tang\/ The Canadian Press\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11307658\/air-canada-flight-attendants-vote-strike\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753774629_397_Air-Canada-flight-attendants.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAir Canada flight attendants begin strike vote amid contract talks\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11296590\/ontario-family-sues-hospital-staff-sons-death\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753774629_601_Finlay.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tOntario family sues hospital and staff over son\u2019s death\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elections Canada says voters will be given a complete list of candidates in Battle River-Crowfoot\u2019s Aug. 18 vote and every adapted ballot that clearly names a candidate, and not a party, will be counted in front of a witness.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The byelection was called last month after Conservative Damien Kurek, who handily won the seat in the April vote, stepped down so Poilievre could run.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Byelection called for\u00a0Battle\u00a0River-Crowfoot, Poilievre seeks path back\u00a0to Parliament'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753774630_676_polievre.byelection.prentice.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:55<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tByelection called for\u00a0Battle\u00a0River-Crowfoot, Poilievre seeks path back\u00a0to Parliament\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 28, 2025 6:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font 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