Some candidates are calling on Élections Montréal to be more inclusive going forward, after initially uploading several shadowy, somber photos of Black candidates on its website.

The images are part of a pilot project to better inform voters about the candidates running in the municipal election. It includes uploading photos and bios of prospective councillors online and adding images to ballots.

Carol-Ann Hoyte, who is running as a city councillor with Transition Montréal in the Côte-des-Neiges district, said she was unsettled by her photo on the Élections Montréal website.

“You would not believe it is the same person,” she said. “I don’t know why anyone would vote for me based on that picture alone.”

Hoyte said Transition Montréal took and intended to use professional headshots of al

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