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First Lady · 03-21-2012, 11:22 PM

Writ has been dropped. Election day will be Monday, April 23.

Thought I would start a discussion for this, but also for this first entry to be a place to for general information that voters might be seeking.

ELECTIONS ALBERTA

Contact information for all parties can be found here:

http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/603.cfm

We are going from 83 to 87 constituencies. You can find out which one you are in here:

http://streetkey.elections.ab.ca/

Where to vote.

Registered MLA candidates

Registered Senate candidates

BLOGS RESOURCES

Dave Cournoyer; a political blogger has been doing an awesome job gather information on candidates and their social media presence.

Daveberta.ca

Edit: Be sure to go all the way to bottom of Dave's list to see the Senate candidates.

CP's very own c.t.ner has this site:

AlbertaTweets.ca

Offers great graphics of where parties (leaders) stand in the social media.

Three Hundred Eight has seat projects for all elections, not just our upcoming on.

http://threehundredeight.blogspot.ca/

This is a group of bloggers who covered the last civic election they will be cover the provincial front too. Bloggers are from political stripes.

CalgaryPolitics.com

Election Almanac ~ Seat projections.

ELECTION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA

CBC Alberta Votes 2012

Calgary Herald politics page (I might have to update this url if they create an election specific page.)

Edmonton Journal Interactive Map to find your local candidates.

Decision Alberta Global TV Edmonton election landing page.

April 12 Leaders Debate Believe this will be broadcast page. Of course will also be on TV Global hosting. This page also lists other public forums.

Edmonton Journal Platform Tracker - self explanatory.

Cool interactive video from Edmonton Journal.

PARTY EVENT CALENDARS

Alberta Party

EverGreen Party link to main page, no event specific page available.

Liberal Party

New Democratic Party

Progressive Conservative Party

Wildrose Party

Senate Candidates

EverGreen Party

Independent - Len Bracko

Independent - Ian Urquhart

Progressive Conservative Scroll all the way to bottom.

Wildrose

Remember you get to vote for three (3) senate candidates.

I will add other links as we go along.

.... and feel free to ask me anything. If I don't know the answer, I usually have a pretty good idea of where to look or who to go to.

03-21-2012, 11:22 PM	#1
First Lady First Line Centre Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Calgary Exp:	April 23 2012: Alberta Provincial Election Writ has been dropped. Election day will be Monday, April 23. Thought I would start a discussion for this, but also for this first entry to be a place to for general information that voters might be seeking. ELECTIONS ALBERTA Contact information for all parties can be found here: http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/603.cfm We are going from 83 to 87 constituencies. You can find out which one you are in here: http://streetkey.elections.ab.ca/ Where to vote. Registered MLA candidates Registered Senate candidates BLOGS RESOURCES Dave Cournoyer; a political blogger has been doing an awesome job gather information on candidates and their social media presence. Daveberta.ca Edit: Be sure to go all the way to bottom of Dave's list to see the Senate candidates. CP's very own c.t.ner has this site: AlbertaTweets.ca Offers great graphics of where parties (leaders) stand in the social media. Three Hundred Eight has seat projects for all elections, not just our upcoming on. http://threehundredeight.blogspot.ca/ This is a group of bloggers who covered the last civic election they will be cover the provincial front too. Bloggers are from political stripes. CalgaryPolitics.com Election Almanac ~ Seat projections. ELECTION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA CBC Alberta Votes 2012 Calgary Herald politics page (I might have to update this url if they create an election specific page.) Edmonton Journal Interactive Map to find your local candidates. Decision Alberta Global TV Edmonton election landing page. April 12 Leaders Debate Believe this will be broadcast page. Of course will also be on TV Global hosting. This page also lists other public forums. Edmonton Journal Platform Tracker - self explanatory. Cool interactive video from Edmonton Journal. PARTY EVENT CALENDARS Alberta Party EverGreen Party link to main page, no event specific page available. Liberal Party New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party Wildrose Party Senate Candidates EverGreen Party Independent - Len Bracko Independent - Ian Urquhart Progressive Conservative Scroll all the way to bottom. Wildrose Remember you get to vote for three (3) senate candidates. I will add other links as we go along. .... and feel free to ask me anything. If I don't know the answer, I usually have a pretty good idea of where to look or who to go to. Last edited by First Lady; 04-11-2012 at 11:23 AM.