d_rawk Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 I reserve judgment.FPtP is such a horribly flawed way to run a multi-party Parliamentary race that if you think that your vote doesn't really mean much and just want to stay home .. you are pretty much right, and why the heck not.But ouch. 60%.Can we fix this now, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 My vote meant that the Liberal and the NDP candidate each got roughly 12000 votes and the Con got 21000. Way to split the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 I just don't get how we can file our fucking taxes online with special codes, etc. yet we still have to go to vote with an X on paper.Open up online voting and we'd see a helluva lot more than 60% exercising their votes.If you don't pay your taxes you pay a penalty. If you don't vote (and you can vote for nobody) then there should be a penalty too, imho. Make it easy and online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 (edited) Didn't we have a thread about this last time around? In Canada, technically it is illegal to spoil a ballot. Online voting has ip's attached to the votes so it isn't 'secret'... combine the two, and you go to jail for not liking the candidates you have been forced to choose from.The solution is somewhere between awareness/interest/consideration of politics during the slow times and more proportional representation because right now the ridings are drawn and redrawn to support whoever drew'em. CTV on spoiling your ballot... Edited May 3, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 I have a friend who never votes yet loves to sound off about this or that government wrongdoing or political malady. I think I have decided to never respond if he ever again wishes to engage in any sort of political discussion. Maybe I've had too much koolaid but sorry, you have to at least have the decency to vote if you want anyone to listen to your say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Or join a party and help choose the leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Open up online voting and we'd see a helluva lot more than 60% exercising their votes.Yeah - we'd see 102% exercising their votes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Open up online voting and we'd see a helluva lot more than 60% exercising their votes.Yeah - we'd see 102% exercising their votes!Like I said, if they can manage to allow for everyone to file their taxes via the interwebs then why not voting? They simply have to put an access code in a mailing (like they already send out the personalized voting info cards) and it provides one more option for registered voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Totally agree Kev, if if it can be made secure, foolproof, and anonymous, I'm all for on-line voting. I filled out my census form last night - on-line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I filled out my census form last night - on-line. Dear Firstname Lastname, Thank you for filling out your census form. The DarkSide Office of Intercepted Interweb Transmissions will contact you if we have any questions. Please try to have a Nice Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 ...if it can be made secure, foolproof, and anonymous, I'm all for on-line voting.That's impossible, IMO. Way too high a risk of election fixing for my liking. Not that it can't happen with the current system but it's certainly not as easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Yeah, I think voting needs to be done in person. Are people that freaking lazy? Geez. And if you're not in town on election day, there are advance voting days. If you can't be in town for even those, then maybe you should not even live in Canada.If voting is done online, anybody could vote as you if they have your access code, or whatever they would use to make sure it's you voting.I just heard on the radio this morning that Pierre McGuire (hockey analyst on TSN) did not vote. What a dweeb. He is a Canadian resident, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Was it laziness? Or was it due to time constraints? It is the middle of the playoffs afterall and he has been bouncing around the US covering the games. If you are going to refer to him as a dweeb you might want to do so for other reasons, unless of course he had the chance and simply chose not to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I was curious if Canadians abroad have a chance to vote by mail or something. Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Before you go judging Pierre you may want to take a look in the mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I didn't judge Pierre asshat, but thanks for being that guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I didnt say you did, I said "Before you go....."I gave you the opportunity not to look like a dickhead but you still ended up doing so. Well done Champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 get a room guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I was curious if Canadians abroad have a chance to vote by mail or something. Anyone know?I'm still in Korea, and I voted. I had a special ballot mailed to me, and I filled it out and returned it. The ballot counted in the last legal residence I lived in before moving overseas.But if the election had been in July, I would have been ineligible because by then I would have been outside the country for more than five years (there are exemptions for certain people, but I wouldn't be one of them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I didnt say you did, I said "Before you go....."You also said "look in the mirror" which I took as a barb at me for being too lazy to google search an answer to my question about voting outside the country. Especially since that's where the link you provided takes one.I have no idea what "opportunity" you're talking about. Quit shitting all over good discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 [color:purple]booche and ollie, go get a ruler, whip 'em out and pick a winner. i swear, y'all are worse than a married couple sometimes. (although consider getting married soon before the harpster takes that away too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Good discussion???? Jesus. I cant begin to imagine how mundane dinnertime is around your place. FYL. But let this be a lesson to me. Never again will I warn you about the possible danger of throwing rocks at a glass house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I heard Pierre McGuire hates freedom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 confirm'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peipunk Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) My riding was number two in the country in turnout and elected Liberal, so don't blame me if things go to hell in a handbasket. Edited May 6, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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