Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the government to pass a law to end the campaign held by the "Longest Ballot Committee" ahead of the byelection that is scheduled to take place in Alberta in August.This comes as more than 100 names are already registered to run against Poilievre in Alberta's Battle River–Crowfoot riding. The committee also targeted his Carleton riding in the federal election in April.“We are writing to demand action against a blatant abuse of our democratic system. The so-called ‘Longest Ballot Committee’ has once again declared its intent to flood the ballot – this time with over 200 names in the Battle River–Crowfoot byelection. They’ve already registered more than 100. In the last federal election, they were behind 85 of the 91 candidates in Carleton,” Poilievre said in a letter to Liberal House Leader Steve MacKinnon.“This is not democracy in action. It is a deliberate attempt to manipulate the rules, confuse voters, and undermine confidence in our elections.”In the letter, Poilievre says the registered names are campaigning, rather than being real candidates..'IT'S SIMPLY NOT FAIR': Smith says Alberta could consider pulling out of supply management.The opposition leader is asking the government to take action to protect the integrity of elections upon the return of Parliament in September.The party is asking the government to: "Raise the bar for candidate nominations by requiring 0.5% of the population in any given riding to sign, not just 100 people, require that each signature in support of a candidate be exclusive, with no signatory permitted to endorse more than one candidate in the same election, and restrict official agents to representing only a single election candidate at any given time."The byelection is scheduled to take place on August 18..'IT'S SIMPLY NOT FAIR': Smith says Alberta could consider pulling out of supply management
