ST. JOHN'S — A woman who launched a court challenge seeking changes to the electoral system in Newfoundland and Labrador is once again running for provincial politics — in two districts.

Alison Coffin announced her candidacy Monday as an Independent in neighbouring rural districts in eastern Newfoundland. The former leader of the province's NDP said her double-district run for the legislature is a legitimate effort to serve those two areas, and a statement about election rules that need to be reformed.

"It's to partly prove a point, but also to be a voice of a lot of people who are feeling that they haven't been heard, that their concerns are not being reflected in the decisions of majority governments," Coffin said in an interview. "The response has been unbelievably and wildly positive

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