No Party names on Ontario Bi-election Ballots

[Keepitsimple]

Just came back from casting my vote in the Markham bi-election. All the names were listed on the ballot but no party affiliation. No obvious documentation around the voting booths either. It wasn't a problem for me because I knew who I was voting for.....but I would imagine that others might just arrive wanting to vote for their party. I'm sure they could run around and find someone to ask but I'll bet some people just ended up taking a last-minute guess. Am I missing something?

I have now edited this post - apparently I was missing something. I went back to the polling station and asked them about the situation. They pointed out that there was a yellow information sheet that was supposed to be at each polling station that had the names and the parties listed. Since I had no need to refer to it, perhaps I missed it....but upon returning, I did notice a couple of them lying around. Should be a better process but I guess I made a mountain out of a molehill.

[guyser]

Just came back from casting my vote in the Markham bi-election. All the names were listed on the ballot but no party affiliation. No obvious documentation around the voting booths either. It wasn't a problem for me because I knew who I was voting for

Am I missing something?

1) Was this just a poor setup at my polling station?

2) If it's the norm, shouldn't party affiliation be on the ballot or at least be clearly indicated in the ballot box? Can you think of any good reason why it's not?

PS: Probably a coincidence but the Liberal, Alex Chan, was first on the ballot.....I can't quite remember but I think that might be because they were in Alphabetic last-name sequence.

In Ontario , the Party have never been on the ballot. Parties have tried to introduce a Members Bill but they got defeated each time.

The are listed alphabetically all the time. It is not a poor setup but one they have used forever. If you show up you better know whos who, or you will waste a vote. You cannot go around and ask the elections people as they cannot say who is who either because then they would be advocates for a party and that is a no no