Longest Ballot Committee

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Difficult day for privacy in Canada on the way: government set to reject Senate amendment to Bill C-4 on political party privacy and will introduce a new lawful access bill that is likely to revive constitutionally dubious warrantless access provisions.

Canada’s three main federal political parties are working together to fight voter privacy rights Canada’s three main political parties — the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP — have banded together to avoid privacy laws aimed at protecting voter data.

“Federal political parties are in the process of exempting themselves, retroactively, from a law that would require them to be governed by the same privacy principles as other organizations.”

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Well that's a relief. 😂

Minutes from yesterdays meeting regarding the "Actions of the Longest Ballot Committee"
MPs are releasing a report, called "Becoming a Candidate in an Election: A Review of the Criteria". Look forward to reading it👍

MacKinnon says C-4 amendment under consideration but Senate should be deferential on changing elections laws “As a general rule, the Canada Elections Act, especially when amended unanimously in the House of Commons, is something that generally receives deference,” he said.

Have to disagree with Mackinnon on this. MPs should never be in charge of their own election rules...and they are presently demonstrating exactly why
(C-4 amends the Elections Act to exempt political parties from all privacy law)
www.ipolitics.ca/2026/03/03/m...

eagerly awaiting the minutes :)

Notice of Meeting - PROC (45-1) - No. 24 - House of Commons of Canada Notice of Meeting - PROC (45-1) - No. 24 - House of Commons of Canada

Here's the link if you want to watch the civic resilience portion: www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...

Today at PROC MPs will be holding a televised discussion on “the current state of civic resilience in Canada” afterwards they’ll have a closed door meeting on how to amend election rules to throttle the LBC, a group that says MPs shouldn’t be in charge of their own election rules…hmmm

allons-y!

More long ballot posting 😀
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expert AI analysis to what went down yesterday😮

*When it comes to election law, politicians will take self-interest every time

Althia Raj speaking about the MPs passing a clause in C-4 exempting their parties from privacy law. Full link below
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Big day tomorrow. MPs will be discussing (behind closed doors) a draft report on how to best change election rules to throttle a group that points out MPs shouldn't be in charge of their own election rules🤔

From the AbsoluteUnits community on Reddit: of a voting ballot (Germany, local voting in Bavaria) Explore this post and more from the AbsoluteUnits community

More sleek Bavarian long ballots
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Ballot from a regional election in Bavaria ❤️

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Althia Raj on political parties exempting themselves from privacy law in C-4
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

This is really exciting news🍾
The Supreme court now has the opportunity to weigh in on the question everybody’s been asking👉👉👉 is it okay to leave election rules (in this case boundary drawing) in the hands of politicians? Or should they be decided by permanent, independent, nonpartisan bodies?

Dallas Republicans, Democrats get 500-plus choices on historic ballot Dallas County primary elections have nearly 200 races and almost two dozen propositions on the Republican and Democratic ballots.

😮‼️

www.keranews.org/news/2026-02...

In election after election, 60% (or some majority) don't feel properly represented. And that's the basic problem with FPTP.

The main reason we haven't ditched FPTP is because of The Golden Rule: those with the gold make the rules.

FPTP is funny because your vote has the ability to make a difference in close races like Terrebonne. This can feel cool if you voted for the winner, but doesn't look so great when if you're with the 60% of voters who didn't...and there was mailing ballot clerical errors..
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

When MPs are in charge of election rules the inevitable result is self-serving legislation.
Tucked away in bill C-4 (federal) is a clause which explicitly exempts political parties from all privacy laws🙄....a measure I really doubt any voter would support.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Yo anyone seen any long ballots recently

How time flies🕤 Just 6 months ago Pierre Poilievre called us a "scam" and outlined his original ideas for immediate electoral reform (of the anti-long ballot sort) in a letter to the government.

While high-stakes talks between Denmark, Greenland and the US are ongoing at the Whitehouse. Let us take a moment to appreciate some Danish ballots

Ugandan newspaper headline: 83,500 candidates to battle for 45,500 posts. BALLOT PAPER PRINTING STARTS

Ok Uganda, go off!

Happy New Year 🎉

I hope everyone got this right🤠

From the Globe's "How well do you remember 2025?" quiz.
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