Calgary - Municipal Elections Vote Today

[4X4]

Originally Posted by fredr123

I wouldn't use the word "######ed" but in this day and age it seems a little behind the times to keep voter registrations in recipe boxes. If they were stored securely online then it may be possible to vote at any polling station in the city.

Voting today wasn't a pain in the ass but it could have been easier. My original point was voter turnout was an issue for some. One way to address that problem was to make it even easier to vote: polling stations downtown available for anyone.

And for those keeping track at home, I found myself able to find a polling station and properly place a check mark beside my candidates of choice. Success!

Fair enough. But for an event that occurs one day every 3 years, I just don't see the need to hire an IT team to organize and carry out something that our elderly are doing for free.
Sorry if that sounded rude. Frankly, I'm with you on the technology boat, but I don't really want to see money spent fixing something that ain't broke (or at least only ever rears it's head once every thousand days).

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06

A check mark? It says right at the top of the ballot in bolded words to mark an X beside your vote.

Fail!

I'm just bein' silly. I'm glad you at least went out and voted.

I was just trying to be funny and/or bait more people into calling me an idiot. Good eye on your part, though.

[worth]

Not directed at anyone here but I don't get this too hard to vote business. You live in the area you have to vote in right? Why is it such a big deal to take 5 minutes out of our ever so busy lives to do our civic duty once every three years.

It literally took me 60 seconds to vote. I went at 4:30pm and the place was dead.

People will drive 30 minutes out of their way to get a free slurpee but won't take 5 minutes to vote in their own neighbourhood.

We get a 30% turnout because the other 70% don't care plain and simple. Or don't know enough (there are a couple of immigrants at work who have been here for quite some time who won't vote because they have no idea wtf is going on).

I just don't think a legitimate excuse for not voting is it's too difficult or too time consuming, but that's just me.