[Alta_redneck]

tritium tritium:

mtbr mtbr:

tritium tritium:

Huh, first I knew of the election was when I heard it on the radio election day in the car.

Been living here 3 years, nothing in the mail to register to vote, no notice of the up coming election.

Sorta makes me wonder if they forgot to really get the word out and give all the newcomers a chance to vote. Explains why the turn out was only 42%, they only notified the conservative voters of Alberta, they forgot to notify the other 58% Liberals who just moved to Alberta from Ontario, BC and the East Coast.

Makes me wonder if I was the only Albertan to move here in the last 3 years to be forgotten about. My vote would have been Liberal too.

Just an observation...

It was a conspiracy I stole your mail and blocked all TV and radio signals to your place.

LOL.

I guess you missed the other post. It's sorta my own fault, I don't watch Canadian TV (DirecTV), listen to Sirius Radio an well and pretty much sheltered from Canadian content.

It’s sorta your own fault?

Oh and as far as the sign excuse goes, when was the last time anybody running for your town council ran under the name of a Provincial Political Party.

[ridenrain]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Personally, I wonder if you would be so flippant if BC had an 80+ year dynasty of left wing governments?

I can guarantee you that after 80 years of NDP government, I would be communicating to you through grunts and banging on a hollow log. Not that different you might say but I'nm sure that North Korea would be sending us aid.

[Benoit]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Benoit Benoit:

Failure to vote can be prompted by employers insisting that people work overtime in the days and even weeks before an election.

It is illegal to force workers to work overtime in Alberta. Especially on Election days. Workers must be given time to vote while the polls are open.

That is the law.

Insert meaningless rebuttal here: ____________________________________

Failure to vote can be prompted by employers insisting that people work overtime in the days and even weeks before an election.

[DrCaleb]

Benoit Benoit:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Benoit Benoit:

Failure to vote can be prompted by employers insisting that people work overtime in the days and even weeks before an election.

It is illegal to force workers to work overtime in Alberta. Especially on Election days. Workers must be given time to vote while the polls are open.

That is the law.

Insert meaningless rebuttal here: ____________________________________

Failure to vote can be prompted by employers insisting that people work overtime in the days and even weeks before an election.

People could vote at pre-election polls, and by mail in ballot. On the day of the election, employers MUST give time off during the time the polls are open. There is no grey area here in the law.

There is no reason to fail to register your vote.

Repeat incorrect rebuttal here: ____________________________________

[Benoit]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

People could vote at pre-election polls, and by mail in ballot. On the day of the election, employers MUST give time off during the time the polls are open. There is no grey area here in the law.

There is no reason to fail to register your vote.

Repeat incorrect rebuttal here: ____________________________________

Any law however clear can be circumvented.

[Toro]

mtbr mtbr:

xerxes xerxes:

And single party democracy continues in Alberta.

Five parties ran...only one had the proper sneakers.


Should we ban the PC because 'they had their turn"?

Funny... there's only 2 parties in BC how come?

The Liberal Party and the Marijuana Party?

[dino_bobba_renno]

Benoit Benoit:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Benoit Benoit:

Failure to vote can be prompted by employers insisting that people work overtime in the days and even weeks before an election.

It is illegal to force workers to work overtime in Alberta. Especially on Election days. Workers must be given time to vote while the polls are open.

That is the law.

Insert meaningless rebuttal here: ____________________________________

Failure to vote can be prompted by employers insisting that people work overtime in the days and even weeks before an election.

If you're referring to the low voter turn out I think it could probably be explained very easily with two know facts: 1. Voters tend not to cast their ballots when there is no real party that motivates them to vote for them 2. Voters tend not to vote when it is clear that one party will dominate the race. Both were a factor in Alberta's low turn out this past election.

Blaming over time for the turn out doesn't really add up when you factor in it was held on a Monday which just happens to the day that comes after Sunday, which just happens to be a day when a large percentage of people don't work.

[Benoit]

dino_bobba_renno dino_bobba_renno:

If you're referring to the low voter turn out I think it could probably be explained very easily with two know facts: 1. Voters tend not to cast their ballots when there is no real party that motivates them to vote for them 2. Voters tend not to vote when it is clear that one party will dominate the race. Both were a factor in Alberta's low turn out this past election.

Blaming over time for the turn out doesn't really add up when you factor in it was held on a Monday which just happens to the day that comes after Sunday, which just happens to be a day when a large percentage of people don't work.

I don't think the oil sands production facilities close for the weekends. In fact, weekends are the period where overtime in highly mechanized plants is most economically justifiable.

The fact that there is no motivation and no race for political positions in Alberta is clearly a sign of deep alienation because the easy oil money has to be shared through a political process.

[bootlegga]

ridenrain ridenrain:

I can guarantee you that after 80 years of NDP government, I would be communicating to you through grunts and banging on a hollow log. Not that different you might say but I'nm sure that North Korea would be sending us aid.

LMAO

[Benoit]

ridenrain ridenrain:

I can guarantee you that after 80 years of NDP government, I would be communicating to you through grunts and banging on a hollow log. Not that different you might say but I'nm sure that North Korea would be sending us aid.

A NDP government would have been supported by union-members; unionized workers have no interest in having the employers closing their businesses.

[mtbr]

Benoit Benoit:

ridenrain ridenrain:

I can guarantee you that after 80 years of NDP government, I would be communicating to you through grunts and banging on a hollow log. Not that different you might say but I'nm sure that North Korea would be sending us aid.

A NDP government would have been supported by union-members; unionized workers have no interest in having the employers closing their businesses.

An NDP government wouldn't have to worry about any of that.....nobody would be working

[tritium]

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

Oh and as far as the sign excuse goes, when was the last time anybody running for your town council ran under the name of a Provincial Political Party.

Do you actually give a fuck what is on some smuck sign on the corner of the road. I don't stop to read it as I driving by.

I don't pay attention to that crap, it's as bad a spam.

Down in Texas, you see that all the time for hair products, job offerings for Mexicans or some other shit. You learn to tune it out.

[Benoit]

mtbr mtbr:

Benoit Benoit:

ridenrain ridenrain:

I can guarantee you that after 80 years of NDP government, I would be communicating to you through grunts and banging on a hollow log. Not that different you might say but I'nm sure that North Korea would be sending us aid.

A NDP government would have been supported by union-members; unionized workers have no interest in having the employers closing their businesses.

An NDP government wouldn't have to worry about any of that.....nobody would be working

Nobody work right now, but everyone play the worker's role.

[Alta_redneck]

tritium tritium:

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

Oh and as far as the sign excuse goes, when was the last time anybody running for your town council ran under the name of a Provincial Political Party.

Do you actually give a fuck what is on some smuck sign on the corner of the road. I don't stop to read it as I driving by.

I don't pay attention to that crap, it's as bad a spam.

Down in Texas, you see that all the time for hair products, job offerings for Mexicans or some other shit. You learn to tune it out.

Sorry tritium, I didn't realize you needed to stop to read those signs. That explains a lot and I won't bug you anymore

[Benoit]

dino_bobba_renno dino_bobba_renno:

Blaming over time for the turn out doesn't really add up when you factor in it was held on a Monday which just happens to the day that comes after Sunday, which just happens to be a day when a large percentage of people don't work.

I don't think Albertans are very numerous to obey the religious obligation to rest on Sunday.