Vote This
A This Magazine 2011 Election Microblog, Being Comprised of Clips, Links, and Snippets of Interest. Email tips, images, etc. to elxn@this.org
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Map geek gorges on #elxn41 data, produces amazing set of illustrations about result:
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Election day doodle on Google.ca clearly drawn by someone who's never seen a Canadian polling station:
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what motivates this desire to keep pushing on, to make sure a vote happens? Why do we sign up to work polling stations if not for the money? Is it belief in democracy? Is it routine? Faith? What does...
Elections Canada poll clerk tells all! Long hours, low pay, "practically medieval" technology: -
Two members of the Bloc Québécois are openly calling on sovereigntists to vote for the NDP on Election Day. Maxime Bellerose, the former president of the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve riding association, and...
Two Bloc Québécois officials write a letter encouraging separatists to vote NDP: -
But the long train of offences against democratic and parliamentary principle—from proroguing Parliament, twice, to evade Parliament’s reach; to withholding documents essential to parliamentary oversight...
Strange bedfellows dept: @acoyne votes Liberal, calls Tory parliamentary record "unforgivable": -
2004 – Paul Martin: Therefore, we urge a Liberal vote Monday — not because they’ve earned the right to re-election but because, at the very least, we can count on them to do little harm and, at best...
National Post points out that Globe & Mail election endorsements have been "kiss of death" in the past: -
The list of organizations that have been shut down and cut back, and the individuals bullied, is a long one and we can expect it to grow if, as seems likely, Harper is reelected. I have written extensively...
A list of 87 people and organizations fired and/or defunded under the Conservative government, compiled by @rabbleca: -
A Saskatchewan Conservative candidate says the federal government has decided to cut funding to the International Planned Parenthood Federation, a decision he says was influenced by anti-abortion supporters...
Conservative MP says Tories will defund Int'l Planned Parenthood, threatening reproductive health programs abroad: -
Imagine living in a country where it was illegal for ordinary citizens living in Newfoundland or New Brunswick to post comments about election results on their personal Facebook walls before the polls...
Tweeting #elxn41 results before B.C. polls close could (theoretically) cost you a $25,000 fine: -
Download it from Adobe. via youtube.com As spotted by @julespenner: http://2th.is/fXaWJZ
VIDEO: Elusive "ethnic voters" tell parties they're no one's tokens with gleefully awkward rendition of "Beat It": -
People this list follows Follow ArthurMeighen Arthur Meighen Follow MackBowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell Your 5th Prime Minister of Canada! I sat...
Macleans' @acoyne helpfully provides list of dead prime ministers with Twitter accounts: -
A video featuring Conservative Leader Stephen Harper performing Imagine by John Lennon has been removed from YouTube for copyright reasons. As of Wednesday morning, the video had been taken down and...
Yoko Ono deprives the world of Stephen Harper's YouTube rendition of "Imagine": -
via youtube.com As spotted by @goldsbie: http://2th.is/i9ba9D
VIDEO: Conservative election ad has, er, striking similarities to U.S. Tea Party candidate Tim Pawlenty ad: -
PHOTO: NDP press corps wearing fake moustaches for April Fools' press conference this morning:
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Twenty-four per cent of the Conservative candidates so far are women, 33 per cent of Liberals, 38 per cent of NDP, 32 per cent of Bloc Québécois and 30 per cent of Green Party candidates. But those...
More women running in #elxn41 — but most are in unwinnable ridings, says @EqualVoiceCA
