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[BethAnne]

 

[BethAnne]

Hour wait till I can go vote

 

[Mendalla]

Polls open here soon, too. Might head over after lunch. Too much to do at work this morning.

 

[BethAnne]

I like to vote first thing. Mom was a almost-at-the-end-of-the-day voter because she wanted to ask the folks how the voting turnout was.

 

[BethAnne]

 

[BethAnne]

voted at 7:35 AM and I was the 5th (?) voter on the urban side of the hall (vs the side rural vote at)

 

[Mendalla]

My riding is all urban now, basically. The suburbs and rural areas North of me are another riding. We're Liberal going in, they are Conservative. I don't expect that to change from what I have heard and seen about the local situation.

 

[BethAnne]

LAST after making two batches of vanilla coconut flour cupcakes - first batch was a fail and ended up in the compost (mixed up baking soda and baking powder - oops! - and forgot to add 1 of the moist ingredients), and the 2nd batch seems to have worked I'll ice them tomorrow as I might make a batch of chocolate/coconut cupcakes tomorrow

 

[Jaebius]

Didn't vote in this election. There was no one fit to vote for

 

[BethAnne]

Didn't vote in this election. There was no one fit to vote for

If everyone had that attitude we'd be sunk

 

[Jaebius]

If everyone had that attitude we'd be sunk

Rather, more people should have that attitude. It would result in better candidates

 

[paradox3]

Isn't there a way to decline your vote? Say you wished to communicate you don't want any of the candidates?

I think you leave your ballot unmarked and give it to the returning officer. Maybe you ask them to record a declined ballot or something like that.

I seem to recall there is a procedure for this. It's not simply spoiling your ballot.

 

[paradox3]

What do you know? I just looked it up and there is no option to decline to vote in our federal election.

This can be done, however, in 4 provinces' (provincial) elections. Ontario is one of them. That must be what I am remembering.

 

[Jaebius]

Isn't there a way to decline your vote? Say you wished to communicate you don't want any of the candidates?

I think you leave your ballot unmarked and give it to the returning officer. Maybe you ask them to record a declined ballot or something like that.

I seem to recall there is a procedure for this. It's not simply spoiling your ballot.

Oh, sure. My Dad often used to do that. Make no mark on the ballot and then just put it into the box. It gets counted as a rejected ballot, not a spoiled ballot

 

[Jaebius]

What do you know? I just looked it up and there is no option to decline to vote in our federal election.

This can be done, however, in 4 provinces' (provincial) elections. Ontario is one of them. That must be what I am remembering.

Guess it's the provincial elections in Ontario, then, that I'm remembering, too.

Still, there is a way to decline to vote in the federal election, which is what I'm doing

 

[paradox3]

Here's some info. How to decline your ballot in Ontario provincial elections - Open Council

 

[BethAnne]

Personally, I feel the lack of good candidates is because too many people haven't voted for too long

 

[Jaebius]

Personally, I feel the lack of good candidates is because too many people haven't voted for too long

Would you have people vote for bad candidates?

 

[Delightful Life]

Siqiniq after a hard day of voting takes a cool plunge while



Suluk does some home deco

CANADA WINS!!!

 

[BethAnne]

Would you have people vote for bad candidates?

Until people start caring more, there aren't going to be better candidates. Sometimes you need really bad candidates so that people start caring.