The Longest Ballot Committee's mass candidate nominations in a Canadian byelection prompted ballot changes and calls for election law reforms.

An organizer for the Longest Ballot Committee, Tomas Szuchewycz, testified before a House of Commons committee probing the group’s role in recent federal and byelections. The committee is examining how the group’s strategy—nominating nearly 200 candidates in the Battle River—Crowfoot byelection—led Elections Canada to create a modified write-in ballot. Szuchewycz said the effort raised awareness of electoral reform, but critics, including Conservative MP Michael Cooper, accused the group of circumventing nomination rules by gathering signatures for multiple candidates in advance. The Conservatives are now pushing for changes to the Elections Act to limit individuals to representing one candidate and to restrict nomination numbers. Experts like Cornell University’s Peter Loewen describe the tactics as a "signature-harvesting exercise" that could erode public trust in elections, calling for balanced reforms to maintain access while preventing abuse.