Election Eve Blogging
March 3rd, 2008 | by Administrator |Here’s what Alberta’s bloggers are saying, the night before we go to the polls.
I believe it is not by accident that the PC’s ran quiet campaigns out in the hinterlands. The campaign strategy of the PC’s is definitely geared toward keeping the people opposing the current government at home secure in the belief that while they may want change there really is no point in voting for any other party. We are going to see, I am sure, the lowest voter turnout Crowsnest Pass and our province has ever seen.”
Remember the world is run by those who show up and in a democracy you always get the government you deserve - whether you voted or not.
Show up and vote tomorrow. It is only about you having your say about the future of Alberta that is at stake here. No big whoop!
What was so bad about the campaign? We think the biggest problem is that it confirms again that critical thought has all but disappeared from the Alberta political sphere. As progressives, we’re sad that a conservative party will likely be elected, but what troubles us so much more is that this party is not being elected based on platforms and policies. It is being elected on the basis of Albertan mythologies: ‘we hate Liberals,’ ‘we hate socialists,’ ‘all governments are corrupt,’ ‘you can’t change Alberta politics,’ and ‘we vote conservative — that’s just what we do.’
A good chunk of voters are parking their votes against their consience due to a simple error of omission: the inability to cast a vote for ‘none of the above’. Under the current laws, such votes would probably be tallied as spoiled ballots, when, in fact, they are an expression of true voter intent.
I’ll be looking for ‘none of the above’ on my ballot. If it’s not there, I’m writing it in.
