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Alberta's referendum results are in.

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Bricktop

#15
October 28, 2021, 12:25:09 AM
According to the source above, they have about a 65% turnout.



I can't remember the source!!!



 :s0403:

Anonymous

#16
October 28, 2021, 12:34:02 AM
Quote from: Bricktop post_id=425232 time=1635395109 user_id=1560
According to the source above, they have about a 65% turnout.



I can't remember the source!!!



 :s0403:

We just had municipal elections in Alberta.....fewer than fifty per cent of eligible voters cast a vote.

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#17
November 07, 2021, 05:02:02 PM
Meet Jyoti Gondek, Calgary's first ever female mayor.



https://voiceonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jyoti-gondek-polkadots.jpg">



She is not a friend of the oil and gas industry.
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#18
November 07, 2021, 05:03:44 PM
Meet Amarjeet Sohi, the new mayor of Edmonton.



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Anonymous

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November 07, 2021, 06:38:51 PM
Quote from: @realAzhyaAryola post_id=426409 time=1636322522 user_id=73
Meet Jyoti Gondek, Calgary's first ever female mayor.



https://voiceonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jyoti-gondek-polkadots.jpg">



She is not a friend of the oil and gas industry.

Or private industry in general.

Anonymous

#20
November 07, 2021, 07:34:28 PM
Quote from: @realAzhyaAryola post_id=426409 time=1636322522 user_id=73
Meet Jyoti Gondek, Calgary's first ever female mayor.



https://voiceonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jyoti-gondek-polkadots.jpg">



She is not a friend of the oil and gas industry.

She wants to be mayor so she can make life miserable for the thousands of Calgarians that rely on the oil and gas industry to feed their families.

cc

#21
November 07, 2021, 09:31:20 PM
Quote from: Thiel post_id=425224 time=1635391025 user_id=1688
Quote from: Bricktop post_id=425219 time=1635389592 user_id=1560
Switzerland is an example of a higher level of direct voter democracy. Probably the only one. But it has a downside; "Direct democracy has a curious effect on voter turnout – it seems the more of a voice people have, the less often they turn out to vote."



Meaning fewer people can control government decisions that effect all.

Does Switzerland have low voter turnout for referenda? This is the first I heard that.



Congrtulations Alberta for the strong message you sent to Ottawa.

Not sure about turnout, but Switzerland allows public to vote on many if not all items



Far as I know they are unique on this



Searched: Swiss referendums take three forms: popular initiatives, which are citizen proposals to create a new law and require 100,000 valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; facultative or optional referendums, which are citizen proposals to approve or reject a piece of existing law and require 50,000 valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; and mandatory referendums, which are required to revise the constitution, join an international organisation or introduce emergency federal legislation for over a year
I really tried to warn y\'all in 49  .. G. Orwell

Anonymous

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November 08, 2021, 05:17:09 AM
Quote from: cc post_id=426463 time=1636338680 user_id=88
Quote from: Thiel post_id=425224 time=1635391025 user_id=1688
Quote from: Bricktop post_id=425219 time=1635389592 user_id=1560
Switzerland is an example of a higher level of direct voter democracy. Probably the only one. But it has a downside; "Direct democracy has a curious effect on voter turnout – it seems the more of a voice people have, the less often they turn out to vote."



Meaning fewer people can control government decisions that effect all.

Does Switzerland have low voter turnout for referenda? This is the first I heard that.



Congrtulations Alberta for the strong message you sent to Ottawa.

Not sure about turnout, but Switzerland allows public to vote on many if not all items



Far as I know they are unique on this



Searched: Swiss referendums take three forms: popular initiatives, which are citizen proposals to create a new law and require 100,000 valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; facultative or optional referendums, which are citizen proposals to approve or reject a piece of existing law and require 50,000 valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; and mandatory referendums, which are required to revise the constitution, join an international organisation or introduce emergency federal legislation for over a year

I like that about Switzerland..



Taiwan has had referendums too..



Canada seems to have an aversion to direct democracy.

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#23
November 09, 2021, 11:45:28 AM
Quote from: Herman post_id=426420 time=1636328331 user_id=1689
Quote from: @realAzhyaAryola post_id=426409 time=1636322522 user_id=73
Meet Jyoti Gondek, Calgary's first ever female mayor.



https://voiceonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jyoti-gondek-polkadots.jpg">



She is not a friend of the oil and gas industry.

Or private industry in general.


I agree.
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