Montreal-area byelection to use write-in ballots due to dozens of protest candidates

CBC: Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault told a committee of MPs on Tuesday that the write-in option worked well the last time candidates associated with the group known as the Longest Ballot Committee flooded a riding with dozens of candidates.

“We had very few complaints about the use of that ballot, so we felt this was a better experience for the voters in general,” Perrault told the committee…