tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post6518574147875909443..comments2023-10-25T05:33:59.547-06:00Comments on Climbing Out Of The Dark: Alberta Quiet Now, Soon To Erupt!hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14180857240945765697noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-75653723644572801622011-04-08T14:14:16.774-06:002011-04-08T14:14:16.774-06:00Regardless, you have till April 26 to get register...Regardless, you have till April 26 to get registered to vote, and you must go to your local EC office. That I found out today, in trying to move a voter from a poll in our local area to one in the city he now lives in. Same riding, but what a procedure. Bring ID and someone to vouch for you that you are said person. A voting card from previous area would help, which we just received today. I did learn that there will be a poll at the UofL, in Lethbridge, for students. <br />And isn't there such a thing as an absentee ballot those students could apply for.maryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099534478709227356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-26300720325142962432011-04-08T14:02:40.258-06:002011-04-08T14:02:40.258-06:00Frances, that is the info I got from EC yesterday....Frances, that is the info I got from EC yesterday.maryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099534478709227356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-35893413516898397152011-04-08T13:35:08.118-06:002011-04-08T13:35:08.118-06:00Mary T - a university student in Vancouver in the ...Mary T - a university student in Vancouver in the 1960's established the principle that a student can determine his or her place of residence for voting purposes. Said student came from interior BC but said he was now resident in the Point Grey area, and only returned to his parents' place for visits. That was accepted, after a considerable fight, and gave voting rights to all the out-of-town students who had been disenfranchised by the former rules. <br /><br />Things may have changed since then, but many students do effectively leave home after Grade 12 and are only visitors. It would be unfair to base their voting rights on their parents' residence. The military is different; the custom is long-established and there is a process for procuring ballots from all ridings for the benefit of the personnel deployed at various bases. The logistics of doing that at each university, technical institute, and college are mind-boggling.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277713882450290045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-26669401900023643832011-04-08T07:40:10.382-06:002011-04-08T07:40:10.382-06:00maryT, I'd recommend just calling one's lo...maryT, I'd recommend just calling one's local NDP candidate for the free ride to the polls. If it's one thing these commie/socialists do well is providing free transportation to the ballot stations. A free ride is a freee ride, there's nothing saying you have to "dance with the one what brung ya". Besides, do you think the Dippers ever "counsel" the old Grannies as to whiche candidate to vote for once their free ride arrives at the polling station and this is not simply a public service? Hah, never.....<br /><br />Keep twanging SQ. Funny how you and your fellow countrymen are the recipient of so much government largesse and you have the nerve to bite the hand that feeds you, namely Alberta. But who am I but a western redneck to judge so, so enjoy your ignorance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-46078456061039654482011-04-08T07:38:48.341-06:002011-04-08T07:38:48.341-06:00SQ,
Albertans don't whine and cry,
we just ans...SQ,<br />Albertans don't whine and cry,<br />we just answer back when Quebec politicians attack us, trying to deflect their poor handling of Quebec's economy.<br />The seppies are messing up their own 'nation'.<br /><br />Since the separatists started dictating in Quebec,<br />young educated Quebecers and small busnesses has fled your 'nation'.<br /><br />While Canada's population grew by the millions,<br />Quebec's has decreased from 25% to 23% of the population.<br /><br />Thank your separatists for that.wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03589410224972050999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-12403092084640380752011-04-08T07:35:47.581-06:002011-04-08T07:35:47.581-06:00Another problem is we have people living in one ar...Another problem is we have people living in one area of a riding and on the voters list in another area. Travel time sometimes make it impossible to vote. <br />Polls will be open in AB from 7:30a.m. to 7:30 p.m.<br />Get out and vote conservative, or for the coalition and the breakup of Canada as we know it.<br />If the coalition wins, we must petition our provincial govt to stop the cheques to Quebec, immediately.maryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099534478709227356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-8734923890979294932011-04-08T07:28:32.717-06:002011-04-08T07:28:32.717-06:00Election Canada told me yesterday that yes, studen...Election Canada told me yesterday that yes, students in university can vote where they go to school, BUT THEY MUST VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE IN THEIR HOME RIDING, JUST LIKE MILITARY PERSONS AND OTHER SERVING OUTSIDE OF CANADA. If those UofA students vote Duncan and do not reside permanently in her riding they are casting a fraudulent vote. If they do that, what else will they do as adults.<br />Every election there are complaints re voter turnout. I don't think that is apathy, I think it is where the polls are. The sitting MP has a lot to do with where polls are situated, especially in rural areas. Last election we worked very hard to get a travelling ballot box to get shutins, and residents of lodges a chance to vote. You just have to register with your local EC office. <br />Anyone with accessible transportation should make it available to your candidate to get w/chair bound voters to the polls. <br />Might be time to re-run your post on the oilsands, before they were developed, and pictures of the areas still not developed. A lot of people refuse to accept the fact that instead of polluting etc. we are reclaiming very polluted land. I agree, AB is simmering and this election will tell the story. A lot of eastern workers families will be hard hit without those 60-100 thousand jobs their spouses, kids, etc are sending home to support local business. <br />Find out if there will be a poll in your small town, and if not work to get one. When one has to travel 20 miles one way to vote, a lot of people stay home, if there is no transportation available.maryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099534478709227356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24226508.post-60583064596492014752011-04-08T02:07:41.237-06:002011-04-08T02:07:41.237-06:00Have I said too much?
There's nothing more I c...Have I said too much?<br />There's nothing more I can think of to say to you.<br />But all you have to do is look at me to know<br />That every word is true<br /><br />Don't cry for me Alberta...Southern Quebechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275618707597791415noreply@blogger.com