Archive for category: Buzz


Elizabeth May urges strategic voting

25 September, 2008 (11:11) | Buzz , Election Reform , Pair Vote | By: gerrykirk

Holy cow. In Elizabeth May’s words:
“I’d rather have no Green seats and Stephen Harper lose, than a full caucus that stares across the floor at Stephen Harper as prime minister, because his policies are too dangerous,” she said.
So determined is May to keep Harper from power she also told the Star she wants Liberal Leader [...]

Pair Vote media spotlight: Ottawa, London

23 September, 2008 (00:00) | Buzz | By: gerrykirk

Vote swapping was featured this morning on CBC Radio Ottawa, featuring our very own John Mynott. In case you missed it, here is the 7 minute clip:
CBC Radio Ottawa interview
I also had a couple of interviews of my own. Tomorrow night (Tuesday) watch the 6pm A-News in Ottawa for a video interview I did from [...]

Vote swappers thrust election reform in the spotlight

20 September, 2008 (21:59) | Buzz , Election Reform , Pair Vote | By: gerrykirk

Once the election is over, vote reform will disappear from the headlines. We have 3 more weeks to build awareness through healthy, informed dialogue. The best stories are the ones you already know - your personal story, how the voting system has let you down, time and time again. The collection of voter stories on [...]

Pair Vote goes on media tour

18 September, 2008 (19:49) | Buzz , Election Reform , Pair Vote | By: gerrykirk

It seems pair voting is now one of the hot stories at this point in the election. I’ve gotten over a dozen requests for interviews over the past week,
Pair vote tour, coming to a town near you:

Sudbury. Interview with CBC Radio One Sudbury tomorrow (Friday Sept 19) at 7:15 am. I’ll be explaining how pair [...]

Elections Canada confirms online vote swapping legal

17 September, 2008 (22:43) | Buzz , Pair Vote | By: gerrykirk

Nice to see Elections Canada finally made a decision on vote swapping.. Now no one needs to worry about legal issues. EC is right in pointing out that there is some risk involved - there is no guarantee that the person you pair with will carry out the vote swap. But, when your vote in [...]

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