Your vote doesn’t matter

Did you think Alberta was democratic (considering we have a provincial election coming up)?  You’re probably wrong though.

It turns out over half of the returning officers (the people who break ties, administrate the votes, and count the votes) admit to ties to the conservative party!  And not just ties like they would vote PC in a normal election, ties like people who run campaign offices, have ran in previous elections (as PCs), or similar.  This is the kind of election that used to happen in Iraq.

And what’s worse?  The current response seems to be “so what?”  So what if the ballots are stacked.  So what if the PCs put their buddies in spots to intimidate other parties from demanding recounts.  So what if the recounts can be biased.  So what if the PCs can essentially STEAL an election.

Dammit Alberta, it’s been 37 years, the government is corrupt, and has essentially turned this province against democracy.  Committees are done behind doors, often without public consultation.  The Energy Utility Board spies on citizens.  And there’s likely countless other examples we don’t get to hear about.

If you at all hold any value on the democracy that took so long to achieve you will vote against Ed Stelmach and the PC Tyranny that has been established.  Vote Liberal, NDP, Alliance, Communist, Social Credit, Independent, or whatever, just in this election vote for a change.