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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Half victory in making BC local elections more transparent
I’m voting no to BC-STV
For those outside of British Columbia we have a referendum on May 12th to determine if the province should shift from its current voting system, called First Past the Post (FPTP), to Single Transferable Vote (BC-STV). Watching the back and forth over the referendum on BC-STV has, I sense, left most citizens of British Columbia [...]
Simple, online, deadly & political
I’m beginning to wonder when the McCain-Palin version of this is going to be created. Do sites like this change elections? Probably not, but they must be gaining influence. Related posts WordClouding Harper, Dion and neo-progressivism (2) Why voting is like eating ice cream (9) Urban Aboriginal Peoples Survey Launched (2)
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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