More names are on the ballot for the Winnipeg South Centre byelection next week than for any federal election in Canada’s history.
A record-setting 48 individuals are running for office — 42 of which are part of a co-ordinated effort from the Longest Ballot Committee to protest the first-past-the-post voting system.
The federal Liberals abandoned their 2015 election pledge to reform the electoral system, and the Longest Ballot Committee don’t want the government to forget about that promise.
“We mobilized candidates from across the country, from Grande Prairie to Rimouski, Pickle Lake to Surrey, the youngest 18 and the oldest 70, to stand in a single riding,” the group said
