Monday, Elections Canada announced that, due to the inordinate number of candidates in Battle River—Crowfoot, voters will have to write out the name of the candidate they wish to elect.
There is another factor here and that is the prejudice this will cause to people unable to clearly write the name, whether because of visual disability or poor literacy. Other marginalized voters will also be hampered, likely preferring to forego their right to vote rather than be faced with the intimidating prospect of choosing and writing the name of their preferred candidate, especially if there is the pressure of a line-up waiting for their turn. I congratulate Perreault on his Solomonic solution to this protest.
There is another factor here and that is the prejudice this will cause to people unable to clearly write the name, whether because of visual disability or poor literacy. Other marginalized voters will also be hampered, likely preferring to forego their right to vote rather than be faced with the intimidating prospect of choosing and writing the name of their preferred candidate, especially if there is the pressure of a line-up waiting for their turn. I congratulate Perreault on his Solomonic solution to this protest.