Heads up from a reader at the CTV Election blog;
I attended the advanced poll this evening and cast my vote. I expected to see the parties listed in order; Liberal, Conservative,New Democratic Party etc, etc.
I was surprised to see the first party listed as the “Marijuana Party” and then further down the ballot more surprised and a little confused when I saw “PC” followed by “Conservative”. I know my candidates by name and made my selection, however for those that may not, it seems to me that this ballot is designed in a very confusing manner.
I suspect that a good majority of the populace will not know whether to select PC or Conservative if they are casting a vote for Harper. A formal complaint should be filed with election Canada.
anyone for filing an injunction. now would’nt that mess up things.
Sounds Like an Idea.
What would that consist of?
Is there any time left ?
“I suspect that a good majority of the populace will not know whether to select PC or Conservative if they are casting a vote for Harper.”
Just another reason for me not to vote. If the great majority of the populace don’t even understand “representation by population,” and that you are electing a “Representative,” not a party; and furthermore, if indeed the great majority are this stupid and lazy, I sure as hell don’t want to participate and give validity to such nonsense.
you can thank David Orchard and co.
Bunch of wackos that cannot accept change and want to keep the old PC party alive… mostly because they would have no power in the current incantation of the Conservatives. (remember David lost his leadership bid??)
They don’t have many candidates.
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=ele&document=index&dir=39ge/loc&lang=e&textonly=false
Brome–Missisquoi
Outremont
Qu�bec
Beaches–East York
Carleton–Mississippi Mills
Elgin–Middlesex–London
Etobicoke Centre
Etobicoke North
Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington
London North Centre
London West
Markham–Unionville
Mississauga–Streetsville
Newmarket–Aurora
Nickel Belt
Ottawa South
Ottawa–Vanier
Sudbury
Thornhill
Trinity–Spadina
Windsor West
Winnipeg South Centre
Edmonton–Strathcona
South Surrey–White Rock–Cloverdale
Surrey North
List of the 25 Ridings containing Progressive Canadian candidates. They rank right up there with the Marajuana party (23), and the Communist party of Canada (21).
I count 4 partys (CPC, Liberal, NDP, Green) and 11 lobby groups (single issue) I don’t understand why we allow parties to run without creating a complete platform. If you can’t do that they should be independants.
Babble from rabble: Willy Graham is wee Willy at rabble.
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Another commenter:
“Afterward I got into an intersting discussion with an old european lady who has been here since the 1950s and doesn’t like the new conservativism.
She asked me what a poverty pimp was and I was embarassed to realize that I did not have a ready one myself. So, here is one from my own web site, the page borrowed from “Bork”
quote: The term “poverty pimp” is defined as a derogatory label for an individual or group which, to its own benefit, acts as an intermediary on behalf of the poor.
This page with its amusing description of poverty pimp behavior can be found at http://www.qaz.ca/povpimp.html“
Do political parties copyrite their names, or patent them or have a trademark or otherwise protect them. Could they not sue for patent infringement or copyrite infringement. Seem Disney stopped West Ed Mall from using the name Fantasy Land, the Brick stopped a man named Brick from using his name on his furniture store (even tho he had been in business yrs before the Brick, Barbie Corp and many others have stopped this attempt to fool people. Perhaps that is what is needed to stop this. How about a law that if a party does not get a certain percentage of total votes cast in a riding, they have to miss the next election. This election in Ont is looking more and more like Florida 2000. Prohibiting students from voting, deceptive names, phoney e-mails, phoney letters and phone calls, yes, we need the UN to supervise Ont polls. Watch for the voting machines of Florida to suddenly appear. Check those trucks coming across the border.
It’s a bleeding X or a smiley face! If you can’t mark and X, you’re not my kind of poeple! Brought to you by the Community Regatta Against Politics, and the Committee To Elect Jerry Doyle.
If someone’s in such a rush that they screw up voting because they think PC means Conservative and they aren’t educated enough to know their candidate’s name or MODERN party abbreviation, then I can’t feel too sorry for them, only the poor hoser who lost one vote.
I live in EML, and contacted my local elections Canada officer. I was dismissed angrily. She said we have the liberals and we have the progressive conservative parties — I pointed out that she had made the same mistake as some of the electorate. She calmed down and when I presented her with my solution of posting each candidates name, their party and the short form they used, she told me to call The head office of Elections Canada. I don’t know if this was just a put off, or not. If we all try it in ridings with these candidates, we might get somewhere. I am a dro, so I may just mention to each person that candidates are listed in alphabetical order and to read the ballot carefully.
I volunteered for my local CPC candidate, and yesterday alone, they received 4 calls from people who had mistakenly voted PC. They also received 10 calls from people who almost did it, but noticed.
I’m off to call EC. Wish me luck.
Oh here’s a juicy tidbit. CPC means Conservative Party of Canada, right? Wrong. Try the Communist Party of Canaday 🙂
Hope you know your Conservative Party Candidate’s name, you Harper supporters. Still isn’t “Conservative” the option on the ballot? PC hasn’t meant “Progressive Conservative” in at least 6 years on a federal ballot, right? Don’t live in another millenium if you want to choose your Canada 😉
While the new PCs are indeed sleazy and out to sabotage, I can’t help but think that there’s a bit of overreaction here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Canadian_Party
These guys can’t win 2% of the vote in their ridings within half a year of the CA-PC merger, so why would they be more effective now? There are a handful of close ridings that they are running in, but I think they won’t be of any real effect this time.
And I doubt this is an issue that Elections Canada or the CPC have not looked into already, since they had to deal with them already once.