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[rivka]

I never imagined that polyamory would include waiting breathlessly at my computer for 10pm, when the CBC will start reporting election returns.

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[dafna]

Seriously. I'm not even her girlfriend and I'm glued to the Edmonton Sun Web page, and keep hitting refresh.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Whoo! Did you see this? (http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Election/2006/01/23/1407258-sun.html)

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

It's just depressing that the AUPE had to urge people to do strategic voting, instead of just voting for the best candidate and letting IRV take care of the rest.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

No, what's depressing is the fact that our electoral system forces people to vote strategically in the first place. And that it distorts the vote to the point where an beautiful and extremely colourful city-wide result ends up looking nothing but Tory blue.

FIX THE SYSTEM NOW! (http://idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com/2005/11/proportional-representation-faq.html)

-J

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

We're actually in agreement here; that's what I meant about letting I.R.V. take care of the rest. It's no panacea, but it's a step towards proportional representation (which latter I do believe in strongly; see my homepage).