Longest Ballot Committee

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/longest-ballot-committee

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the country of origin?Canada
2. What is the primary advocacy?Establishment of an independent, non-partisan body for electoral law
3. Why do they want to flood the ballot?They want to make the ballot very long to show how the first‑past‑the‑post system can be confusing and unfair, and to encourage people to think about better ways to choose leaders.
4. How does the Rhinoceros Party help the Longest Ballot Committee?The Rhinoceros Party is a funny, satirical party, and by working with them the committee can use jokes and absurd ideas to talk about serious voting problems in a way that people can understand.

Electoral Reform: The process of changing the rules and procedures by which elections are conducted.
Conflict of Interest: A situation where a person's personal interests could improperly influence their professional duties.
Citizens' Assembly: A deliberative body composed of randomly selected citizens to consider specific policy issues.