Mr. Speaker, we encourage all good-faith candidates to step forward and participate in our democracy. I think it is also very important that all members take every opportunity to improve civic literacy in this country. I would always support a good-faith candidate running, whether they are running for an official party or as an independent.
However, there are loopholes that have allowed a long ballot to overwhelm our elections process. For the health of our democracy, we need to close those.