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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Okay, so now that they have the mythical voting fraud business covered...
What about this other stuff with Elections Canada? I've read that they won't be allowed to encourage people to vote anymore. Is that true? If so, does anyone know what the rationale there is?
Another aspect I read about is that campaign spending limits would no longer include the money spent on getting previous (in the last five year) donators to re-up.
That one seems a little sneaky to me. Sneaky in the "Conservatives obviously benefit from this most" kind of way. That seems like it would make it kind of impossible to start another party then. It sounds anti-democratic to me, but again, I'm sure supporters of the bill have plenty of good reasons.
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I like the no more encouraging people to vote campaigns. I think the rational is that they can appear partisan. Young people tend to vote further left then old people so get out the youth vote money is essentially being spent to move the electorate left. If a voter encouragement campaign gave taxi vouchers to old people to get them to polling stations that would move the electorate right. The type of campaign can target voters who are more likely to vlte for specific parties therefore shouldnt be done by elections canada.
The other reason I like it is that if ou need encouragement to vote you arent likely to put effort into it and therefore your vote is less educated. I would perfer more educated people vote even if they disagree with me. Because if the electorate is engaged we will get better policy than if the electorate votes based on attack ads.
One thing with the bill is elections Canada will still be able to advertise how to vote. The when and where but not target specific groups to encourage them to vote.
Even though I like the idea it still has conservative slime on it because its initial effect will likely reduce youth turnout which is left leaning.