Elections Canada says its decision to switch to a write-in ballot for an Alberta by-election where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is vying for a seat was made to maintain the accessibility and integrity of the vote, after more than 200 candidates entered the race in protest.

Elections Canada to require voters to write out their chosen candidate’s name in the ballot, as over 200 candidates are registered.

No sooner was Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer embroiled in a back and forth with Danielle Smith and her justice minister about his decision to ask the courts if a referendum proposed by a separatist group allied with the premier’s government is constitutional than Gordon McClure’s office announced it has approved a referendum question with a