[CivicAccess-discuss] ibelieveinopen: 51 candidates signed up

[Hugh McGuire]

any number of parties can run in an election, many of them will run in  
just one or a couple of ridings. we have the marxist-leninists, the  
communists, Christian Heritage Party of Canada, Marijuana Party, the  
Rhinos, People's Political Power Party of Canada, etc, see:
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=pol&document=index&dir=par&lang=e&textonly=false




On Sep 27, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Christopher D. Ritter wrote:

> I apologize if I sound ignorant, but could someone explain to an  
> American what 21 parties mean?
>
> We've got the Green Party that is somewhat popular, but I'm having a  
> hard time wrapping my head around 21 parties.
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Robin Millette  
> <robin at millette.info> wrote:
> Le Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:26:55 -0700,
> Cory Horner <cory2070 at canoe42.ca> a écrit :
>
> > Hey... where's the bloc? it's probably a bad idea to alienate half  
> of
> > quebec...  and keep in mind they are usually pretty damn progressive
> > on these things.
>
> Use http://cancan.waglo.com/candidates-canada-2008.csv to find all  
> the candidates (from 21 parties, that's 1601 in total).
>
> Not sure what is the holdup for that party... it was once the  
> official opposition!
>
> More info:
> http://rym.waglo.com/wordpress/2008/09/14/candidats-2008-des-elections-canadiennes/
>
> I hope to put a bit more time into http://cancan.waglo.com/ today  
> and help with the translation of ibelieveinopen.ca
>
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