Re: Ping Kanadians: VOTE!

From: Roy Brown (roybrown_at_sympatico.DotSeaEh)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:59:21 -0400

Stove Pipe,

Put your mind to rest. I'll actually vote for someone.

Just learnt something, new to me. A "NO VOTE" is only counted separately for
provincial and municipal elections. Federally it is counted as a spoiled
ballot. 

--
Roy
DotSeaEh is .ca
"Roy Brown" <roybrown@sympatico.DotSeaEh> wrote in message
news:GALDc.3692$Ax1.198393@news20.bellglobal.com...
| Hey Stovie,
|
|
| To me a NO VOTE sends a message. Personally I would like to see a NO VOTE
| start to carry some more political clout. For example if more people voted
| NO, than for any other candidate, a by-election would have to be held for
| the riding in say - 60 to 90 days. This would force the candidates and
| parties to rethink their position and come up with something that would
| please the people.
|
| A NO VOTE indicates that I did actually vote, and I did not like either
the
| candidates, their platforms or their party. Not voting indicates apathy. A
| spoiled ballot indicates ignorance or frustration. Giving a vote to
someone
| you don't really want or believe in is essentially political prostitution.
| And I won't even get paid for getting screwed. Nothing satisfying about
| that.
|
| Here we are on the eve of choosing our federal government for the next
four
| years. No one has knocked on my door, and only 2, possibly 3 flyers have
| landed in my mailbox. Like these guys really care.
|
| Maybe I will decide which way to go before the polls close tomorrow night.
| If not my NO VOTE is what it will be.
|
| Stepping off the soap box.
| --
| Roy
| DotSeaEh is .ca
|
|
| "StovePipe" <ADay@the.Races> wrote in message
| news:1gg1w9b.zwup71x4d99uN%ADay@the.Races...
| | Listen: If you don't know how to vote, pick the least of the four evils,
| | IYO. I don't agreee with Roy re: spoiling the vote, whether officially
| | or not. I STILL don't know for sure which way I'm going, but I still
| | will vote FOR someone, rather than against all.
| | BOOOOoooM
| | --
| | Cheers/Chüss
| | SP
| | 'A Day...' is not a real email
|
|

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