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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: May 8, 2025 - 04:00
Today's letters: 'Longest ballot committee' at it again in Alberta
May 8, 2025
In the end, it made no difference to the results in Carleton riding that there were 91 names on the ballot. Bruce Fanjoy still would have won, Pierre Poilievre still would have lost. All it did was create confusion for those trying to vote, and extra time and effort for those whose task was to count the votes and report results. If the point was to protest "first past the post," it is beyond me how the point was made. Read More
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