Comment 62324

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted April 15, 2011 at 01:46:57 in reply to Comment 62301

Ever worked in a polling station for a local municipal election, with the old Diebold vote scanners? I've done both that and paper, and paper is far more efficient. Watching a vote count in action is certianly a little mesmerizing, but that doesn't mean the system of seat allocation is a good one.

As for those who don't vote, most I've talked to still tend to feel rather strongly (generally against), but don't feel that "it changes anything". It's just too large a group of people to write off. Abstaining from a vote has a proud history in most democratic traditions (Robert's Rules, Consensus etc), and quite often includes the opportunity for a person to state why they're doing so.

If we care about how the Canadian populace feels, the opinions of those who choose not to vote are relevant too.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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