So, low voter turnout has got people talking electoral reform again.
Sadly this discussion seems to always focus on proportional representation. I say sadly because while I like the idea of every vote counting, I hate the idea of the parties deciding who sits in Parliament, not the voters. I haven’t yet seen a proposal for [...]
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What may end up disgusting me the most is actually the turnout number.
Here’s some background from an article, “Voter turnout: democracy’s dirty little secret“, that ran during the campaign:
In 1988, a healthy 75 per cent of the voters cast their ballots, but no turnout since then has come close to that level.
— 1993: 70.9 [...]
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A surprising number of people have asked me why I am so strongly opposed to Harper and his lot getting a majority government. It’s like they weren’t paying attention.
I would think that anyone who has had their eyes open for the last eight years would have had an object lesson already in what happens when [...]
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