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Originally Posted by Weitz
Can someone explain why a group like the manning institute running a "slate" of candidates is such a bad thing? They still have to campaign in their own wards and attempt to convince the people there to vote for them no? There isn't an option to vote for a group as far as I have seen in Calgary elections.
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I’m against slates because they’re pretty much party politics in disguise. And IMHO, one of the merits of municipal politics is it isn’t about two parties hammering away at one another. When you vote in municipal elections, you’re voting for a candidate, not some ideological team.