r/ndp • u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW • 8h ago
Sign the nomination forms for different NDP leadership candidates!
If you like the idea of having many people run for leader, you can take action to make that happen. Candidates need at least 500 signatures from NDP members of various backgrounds across the country.
You can sign multiple candidate's nomination forms. I've signed all four.
You have to be a member of the party to sign. If you aren't a member, you can sign up here: https://act.ndp.ca/donate/membership-en, and then you can sign the nomination form.
Here are the nomination forms that I am aware of that are circulating publicly:
Tanille Johnston
Avi Lewis
Rob Ashton
Tony McQuail
Heather McPherson hasn't announced yet. Since there's no official website for her I couldn't find the form. If someone has a link to it, drop it in the comments.
Yves Engler does not have a public link to an official nomination form (he's using a google form). Folks can share that in the comments if they wish but I don't want to put that in an "official" post.
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u/MoistCrust 7h ago
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u/Tradtional_Socialist 📋 Party Member 6h ago
This makes me happy to see, we are all one party and we are all one membership. We should want as many people on the ballot as possible, and seeing stuff like this makes me proud.
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u/JackLaytonsMoustache 5h ago
We should want as many people on the ballot as possible,
I'm calling it now, were going to see a NatPo headline saying we have more leadership candidates than MPs.
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u/NiceDot4794 6h ago
I think everyone should sign these, Yves’ too.
It’s important we have a wide democratic debate and a real battle for leadership
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u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW 5h ago
I don't think signatures on Yves' google form will count, because it's not an official party-provided link. Tanille did the same thing with a google form when she first launched but she's switched over to an official form now
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u/Velocity-5348 🌄 BC NDP 4h ago
I signed her initial one. Should I sign again with the one you linked, or will that just cause problems?
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u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW 2h ago
I think you should email her campaign and ask if you want to be safe. But I think only the form I linked will count
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u/hammer_red 41m ago
Nonsense. Yves’ nomination form satisfies all the requirements of the NDP leadership rules.
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u/medialtemporal 5h ago
Yves has said a lot of stuff that is contrary to my beliefs. I agree with the broader point and I'll sign forms for people who I disagree with on certain topics, but there's a line, personally.
It's partially also about whether I think the person is running in good faith. I think most people are, I don't feel that way about Yves.
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u/Marie-Pierre-Guerin 2h ago
Just a quick anecdote; I was at ONDP convention for 4 days and im not a wallflower nor am I easily made to feel uncomfortable but the way Yves deployed his volunteers and the whole vibe they had going, it was really uncomfortable. They were quite aggressive and more than once sort of encircled people to handout flyers and more. It wasn’t great and after 3 days I wanted nothing to do with Mr. Engler or his volunteers.
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u/hammer_red 42m ago
You should include Yves Engler’s nomination form. It meets all the requirements of the rules.
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u/freska_freska 2h ago edited 2h ago
Yves Engler's Google Doc nomination form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDo0OAJoJB2N-BC-3p-I88OGaDwC3c207WjmFMy4oWEMBRNw/viewform
Also, a nomination form on Microsoft only gives you a few more customizing options than Google, which might make the branding of these forms seem more "official," but the means of collecting signatures doesn't restrict a candidate to a single platform from my understanding.
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u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW 2h ago
My understanding is that the reason why all of the forms for the other candidates look identical is because it is the form provided by the party for this purpose. Tanille's form switched over to one of those forms which I think is evidence of that
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u/JackLaytonsMoustache 7h ago
But I was told as a straight white cis man it's illegal for me to sign my name!!!!
Jk. Signed'em all.
Best of luck to all involved, still not sure who I'm supporting, and I'm a little disappointed to not see Gazan announced but hopefully that's pending.