• Eranziel@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    That reminds me - what the heck is up with the candidates in Carlton? Who are all these independents?

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      1 day ago

      There was an organized protest campaign run where a whole bunch of people ran in PP’s riding to bring visibility to the mishandling of electoral reform in Canada, specifically around ranked choice voting and proportional representation. Liberals ran on it in 2010 and then failed to do anything other than make a mess of moving away from first past the post .

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        18 hours ago

        Thanks for the explanation! I’m familiar with the voting reform issue (and still salty Trudeau didn’t carry through on it), but some other readers might not be.