The requirement of writing in the conservative leader Pierre Poilievre or other names of candidates during the election of the byle last week does not seem to have had an impact on how many ballots were rejected.
Most of the tickets was rejected when Poilievre lost in his former Carleton Riding in April that the August 18 race on Crow-Crow-Crow-Coot-Coot’s Battle de Alberta.
The validated results published by the Canadian elections during the weekend show that 211 tickets were rejected in last week, 0.4 percent of the total votes cast.
In comparison, 391 ballots were rejected in the same driving during the general elections of April: 0.6 percent of the total. In Carleton, where Pailievre ran against another 90 candidates, 595 ballots were rejected, 0.7 percent of the total votes in that driving.
In all runs, 169,857 ballots were dismissed in spring elections, 0.8 percent of all votes cast throughout the country.
The Canada elections made the change to the writing tickets for the election of last week because more than 200 candidates, most of which were associated with the electoral reform defense group known as the longest voting committee, had registered to run.
In the past, such protests, even in Carleton the past spring, resulted in almost subway tickets that delayed the counting of votes and irritated some voters. Canada elections opted for written tickets to avoid similar problems in Battle River-Coot.
During a partial choice in the driving of Lasalle-Redun-Ver the past fall, where 91 candidates were on the electoral ballot: 723 tickets were rejected, or 2.2 percent of the total votes.
While writing tickets have been used in the previous federal elections (usually for some forms of early voting), this is the first time they are used for complete conduction.
The Battle River-Cowot selection was activated after former deputy Damien Kurek resigned to allow Pailievre to recover a seat in the House of Commons. The conservative leader came to victory.
In an attempt to address possible concerns about the adapted vote, Canada’s elections Posted Videos on Social Networks and created a frequent question on its website.
Delight the name of a candidate would not have resulted in the discharge of a ballot, provided that the intention of the voter was clear. The voters received a complete list of names of candidates.
But a vote could be rejected if the voter wrote only the name of a party, which means that a vote that only said “conservative” would not have counted for Poilievre.
Pailievre’s campaign had signs specifically to remember voters to write their name.
Canada’s elections did not comment on how writing tickets may have affected the rejection rate, but a spokesman said “in general, the delivery of the choice was without problems.”
“We will see how things were [in Battle River-Crowfoot] To see what worked well and what could be improved in case such a ballot is used again in future elections, “said the spokesman in an email.
Previously, ballots have been issued in writing to voters who choose to vote by mail or vote early in their local elections of the Canadian office.
