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With less than a week until Quebec goes to the polls, it has become increasingly evident that many Quebec residents who thought themselves to be Quebecers will nevertheless be barred from casting a ballot.

The wave of rejections is due to a unique provision in the Quebec Elections Act that compels would-be voters to prove “domicile.” Where mere residency is enough to vote in any other Canadian provincial or territorial election, Quebec demands that voters be able to prove to elections officials that they are committed, long-term citizens of La Belle Province.

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Below, a sample of Quebec residents who, in the eyes of at least one Elections Quebec employee, did not make the cut.

1. A National Assembly candidate

Brendan Edge, 21, is running for the Green Party of Quebec in the riding of Chomedey. He has lived in Quebec for three years, pays taxes in the province and presumably has some interest in local affairs. None of this was sufficient to convince an elections officer, who rejected a batch of Mr. Edge’s lease agreements as proof of domicile, and even claimed that Mr. Edge was not registered as a candidate (he is). “I’m dumbfounded by all of this,” Mr. Edge told Postmedia. “I am more shocked that they tried to convince me I wasn’t a candidate when I knew I was. I feel this is blatant discrimination and completely absurd.”