The number of candidates running in the Alberta federal byelection next month has now surged past 200 as a protest group seeking electoral reform targets the riding where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attempting to regain a parliamentary seat.
A total of 209 candidates affiliated with the Longest Ballot Committee have registered to run in Battle River-Crowfoot to date as the protest group zeroes in for the second time on the riding in which Poilievre is seeking election.
The tally surpasses the group’s goal of 200 candidates and more than doubles the record of 91 candidates that the group ran in the Carleton riding that Poilievre lost during the April 28 general election….