Election Day!
As you would entirely not be able to tell from my blogging of late, today is a federal election in Canada. But despite my lack of blogging about the subject, I (like a surprising number of Canadians this time) have actually been quite engaged in this election: reading the actual platforms of the parties (as well as news articles/opinion pieces), watching the leaders’ debate, trying to figure out how best to vote to get rid of the Conservative in my riding, and talking to people IRL ((In real life.)).
And this morning before work, I went to the polls and did the most important thing of all: I voted!
I love to vote first thing in the morning on election day, because there are never any lineups ((I hear that there are usually big lineups later in the day, as most people tend to go after work instead.)). I didn’t vote in the advance polls because, like my friend Cath, I wanted to keep an eye on what the polls said right up until today, as my strategy was to vote tactically.
Also, it just wouldn’t be an election without me destroying a Conservative party brochure – see here and here and here and here for past iterations:
I have to say, I look mighty pleased with myself in that video.
And now I’m settling in for a night of election result watching!
Update (2 May 2011 – 10:49 p.m.) – This is entirely depressing. Contrary to the perception I had that everyone was *so engaged* in this election ((A perception that came in part because that’s what the media was portraying and in part, I’m thinking, because I happen to hang around with (and follow on Twitter), the type of people who actually engage – clearly not a representative sample of Canadians)), voter turnover was abysmal, with only ~55% of eligible voters showing up to vote. Thanks for nothing, 45% of Canadians who could have voted and didn’t.
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