As ballots are counted, some Conservatives criticize complicated ranked-ballot voting system, party to review leadership election rules in post-mortem

The crowded field of candidates and the complicated voting system confused a lot of Conservative Party members, say some Conservatives. The party will review what worked and what didn’t once the convention is over.

Who will win: Conservative leadership candidates Chris Alexander, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, Andrew Saxton, Michael Chong, Brad Trost, and Deepak Obhrai, pictured in this file photo. Missing from the photo are Steve Blaney, Pierre Lemieux, Kellie Leitch, and Rick Peterson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA, LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 27, 2017

TORONTO CONGRESS CENTRE—The Conservative Party needs to reconsider its complicated leadership election rules for future leadership conventions, say some Conservatives, including returning to delegated conventions, making arrangements in most ridings for party members to able to vote in-person, and...

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