Entries tagged as “elections canada”

Half victory in making BC local elections more transparent

Over the past few months the British Columbia government (my home province – or for my American friends – state) has had a taskforce looking at reforming local (municipal) election rules. During the process I submitted a suggestion to the taskforce outlining why campaign finance data should be made available online and in machine readable [...]

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The other reason young people don’t vote – or why I didn’t vote yesterday

I tried voting yesterday in a local by-election (advanced poll). Sadly, I was unsuccessful. First, I went to the Elections Canada by-election website. Guess which link tells you the election dates and locations? (hint: it is under the “and more…” link). Unsurprisingly, the advanced poll was at a local church (more on that below) that [...]

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