Pair Vote (Swap) - Canada Election 2008

A roundup of comments submitted by vote swappers: Kevin Kruger (the worker whacker). Do I need to further explain? Liberal will most likely win in my riding and my vote will be useless. I want a Green Party candidate to win in some riding...

Response has been very quiet in comparison to the vote swapping in the federal campaign. Not exactly sure why that is, I haven’t had any media requests this time around so I hope that is because STV is getting all the attention heh...

I found a great tool which allows one to see the impact of the STV voting system. First thing I did was to simplify how many parties there are, mostly because it made it a lot easier to see the final outcome and it was less clicking. You need to have Java installed for this application...

Pair Vote is back for the provincial election in British Columbia!! The great success and positive momentum gained in the federal election has spurred us on to continue this movement until a true democratic system is created...

Wow, has it really been 3.5 months since the end of the federal election and the Pair Vote campaign? Much has happened since then to keep the vote reform issue alive, most notably the coalition crisis, something that would have never occurred under a PR system...

The people behind the two vote swapping efforts are meeting together shortly to plot the demise of our First Past The Post voting system. Here is your chance to voice your ideas. A few things I am curious about: Should we ask for donations...

“I ultimately would like to see the Canadian election system overhauled away from the first-past-the-post fiasco that so poorly represents the actual intentions of voters...

At some point it will occur to someone: we have a democratic crisis on our hands — a crisis of legitimacy, a crisis of efficacy. We are stuck, spinning our wheels, unable to find a sense of direction...

Two of the most tightly-contested ridings in the 2008 Federal Election were largely influenced by the vote swapping phenomenon...

The past few days have seen a surge in signups, and will likely continue until Friday, the last day of registration...

Time for an update, and probably this will be my last significant post before the election, as I will be away at a conference from Tuesday - Sunday. Great timing, I know. Thanks, Stephen, maybe next time consult with me on the date, ok...

Four days is a long time for me to not post anything. I’ve had to switch gears this past week and focus on the process of pairing voters, stopping my marketing efforts, like tracking blog posts and Twitter tweets, as well as posting info to Facebook...

Note: both of these sites provide analysis for the traditonal form of strategic voting, which means voting for a party to keep another party from winning, rather than the party you prefer to support. A better alternative, in my biased view, is pair voting...

Naomi Klein told a standing room only audience last week that the left needs to form a coalition to defeat the Conservatives. Afterwards, people remained in the hall to discuss strategic voting in the federal election...

Personal. Passionate. Motivated to action. Thanks for sharing, Bob. Dear [first name field], This letter is blatantly political, but it is also personal. And urgent. I’ve been watching the federal election campaign with something bordering on despair...

Got this email today from a pair voter working hard for change in Victoria, BC. Nice work, Silvia! Here is a copy of a letter to the editor I sent to Monday Magazine (a weekly) in Victoria, BC, in response to an article they ran on strategic voting...

With just under a week left in pair vote registration, the NDP and Greens are in a tight race for the most voters in swing ridings. Winner gets to go first in the pair voting matching process (read how the process works)...

Everything you could possibly want to know about the pair voting process, the current stats on voters and what you can do to make a difference (in addition to pair voting) is here...

Bloc party supporters and political pundits, decide what ridings the Bloc party has the best chance of winning. Refer to this list of 68 ridings with the closest contests. Just a reminder that the pair vote process will use the riding rankings here to allocate seats, so be careful what you wish for...

Are you a neglected and abused citizen who yearns to be represented in Parliament, only to be turned away because your vote elects no one? OrphanVoter.ca is a campaign launched by Fair Vote Canada to reach out to these neglected voters...

Conservative party supporters and political pundits, decide what ridings the Conservative party has the best chance of winning. Refer to this list of 68 ridings with the closest contests...

Holy cow. In Elizabeth May’s words: “I’d rather have no Green seats and Stephen Harper lose, than a full caucus that stares across the floor at Stephen Harper as prime minister, because his policies are too dangerous,” she said...

Liberal party supporters and political pundits, decide what ridings the Liberal party has the best chance of winning. I plan to add to this list soon, but figured I’d get it up sooner than later so people could start adding and voting for their picks...

NDP party supporters and political pundits, decide what ridings the NDP party has the best chance of winning. I plan to add to this list soon, but figured I’d get it up sooner than later so people could start adding and voting for their picks...

Green party supporters and political pundits, decide what ridings the Green party has the best chance of winning. I plan to add to this list soon, but figured I’d get it up sooner than later so people could start adding and voting for their picks...

Vote swapping was featured this morning on CBC Radio Ottawa, featuring our very own John Mynott. In case you missed it, here is the 7 minute clip: CBC Radio Ottawa interview I also had a couple of interviews of my own...

Vote swapping was featured this morning on CBC Radio Ottawa, featuring our very own John Mynott. In case you missed it, here is the 7 minute clip: CBC Radio Ottawa interview I also had a couple of interviews of my own...

Greg Morrow of democraticSpace (my favourite election site) posted a few days ago his list of battleground ridings, 68 in all. Catch the sad irony? That means only about 25% of the total ridings matter in this election, the rest are already decided...

Once the election is over, vote reform will disappear from the headlines. We have 3 more weeks to build awareness through healthy, informed dialogue. The best stories are the ones you already know - your personal story, how the voting system has let you down, time and time again...

Does this describe your situation this election? - You are convinced the person or party representative you want to vote for won’t get elected - You are tired of your vote n...

Does this describe your situation this election? - You are convinced the person or party representative you want to vote for won’t get elected - You are tired of your vote n...

It seems pair voting is now one of the hot stories at this point in the election. I’ve gotten over a dozen requests for interviews over the past week, Pair vote tour, coming to a town near you: Sudbury. Interview with CBC Radio One Sudbury tomorrow (Friday Sept 19) at 7:15 am...

Pair voting saboteurs. One registered voter sent me this email: I’m interested in pair voting but I’m worried that it’s too easy for the system to be sabotaged. It seems like it would be pretty easy to automate the process of entering false sets of information...