Well, we voted. The experience was, to put it mildly, a complete clown show. Let’s break down what happened, shall we? The nice fellow at the registration table had no idea what an audio voting machine was or even if they had one. This in spite of the fact that it was clearly stated in …
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Kitchener Municipal Voting Info
So the municipal election is coming up soon. I’m a big loser and am writing this post now, as opposed to earlier so it could be more helpful. But I guess today is still an advance voting day, so if you like to vote in advance…run! You can either vote today, or on Election day, …
Who Are These People? The 2022 Waterloo City Council And School Board Candidates. There’s Also A Suggestion For What To Vote Against
Carrying on with the series, here are your Waterloo Council and school board candidates. I don’t always pay the closest attention to the goings on out in Waterloo, but rest assured I will be actively rooting against the idea of this George Schmidt fellow having a say in how future generations are educated. Priorities: Parental …
Who Are These People? Cambridge And Kitchener Council And School Board Candidates
We posted Regional Council a couple weeks ago, and now here are council and school board candidate roundups for Kitchener and Cambridge. My ward is guaranteed to have a new Councillor for the first time in a couple of decades. This is nice since I haven’t always been the biggest fan of the current one …
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Who Are These People? The 2022 Waterloo Regional Council Candidates Edition
For myself, Carin and anyone else who needs it, here is a rundown of who exactly is running for Regional Council in Waterloo Region in the upcoming municipal election courtesy of Melissa Bowman of Citified. With so many current Councillors choosing not to run again, there won’t be a lot of parking votes in familiar …
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Get Out And Vote!
I subscribe to “Best of True”, where subscribers receive a story from the archives of This is True that he picks out and thinks is extra good each day. The story that came up this morning seemed extra good to me, and I felt like it needed a soundtrack. It seems that back in 2000 …
Baby Steps Towards Easier Voting
I tried to write this yesterday, but a storm came through, and for reasons I need to figure out, my UPS was a little shorter on the U than I expected, so my computer died sooner than I thought and took my post down with it. So here’s take two. *slams the save button* It’s …
Good Thing We Spent All That Money
We all know how I feel about the election we just had. TLDR: we didn’t want it and we didn’t need it. If you want to argue that point with me, don’t bother. Just look at this and see where $600 million or whatever it is that we ultimately spent on this thing got us. …
And I Mean It!
This TV commercial keeps coming on, and is yet another example of an ad that doesn’t say what it’s for. But it’s a campaign ad, and for some reason, that bugs me even more. The viewer can sort of discern that it’s NDP because of the talking points, but how do they know for sure? …
The Special Thing About Special Ballots
I thought I would write one more thing down about the election. It was going to be in this other elections post, but as a question. Now I have the answer, so I thought I would post it in case others were wondering too. I was talking to a friend who had to vote early …