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	<title>Comments on: Alberta elections slammed</title>
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		<title>By: Kim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description>I worked in a Millwoods riding as a poll clerk on that election day, and I have to say, it was the worst system, and very questionable in terms of validity. 

If you were a registered voter, you didn&#039;t need ID, you just had to confirm that the address I just read out to you was yours, meaning that anyone could vote for anyone else as long as they knew their name and that they weren&#039;t voting.

If you weren&#039;t registered, you went through the process and only needed one piece of ID with you name on it. Not government issued - they accepted library cards, credits cards and city rec cards.

Finally, the amount of scrutineers. While this is operated in conjunction with the parties, it is safe to say that my location didn&#039;t need 6 Conservative scrutineers, 1 NDP scrutineer that came and went throughout the day, and 2 Liberal scrutineers. Oh, I forgot - the Conservative poster that was in the park, right by the main road, of the school I was working in, in violation of the voting bylaws. I only heard afterwords that my deputy returning officer was part of the Conservative party.

Needless to say, it was one big clusterfuck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I worked in a Millwoods riding as a poll clerk on that election day, and I have to say, it was the worst system, and very questionable in terms of validity. </p>
<p>If you were a registered voter, you didn&#8217;t need ID, you just had to confirm that the address I just read out to you was yours, meaning that anyone could vote for anyone else as long as they knew their name and that they weren&#8217;t voting.</p>
<p>If you weren&#8217;t registered, you went through the process and only needed one piece of ID with you name on it. Not government issued &#8211; they accepted library cards, credits cards and city rec cards.</p>
<p>Finally, the amount of scrutineers. While this is operated in conjunction with the parties, it is safe to say that my location didn&#8217;t need 6 Conservative scrutineers, 1 NDP scrutineer that came and went throughout the day, and 2 Liberal scrutineers. Oh, I forgot &#8211; the Conservative poster that was in the park, right by the main road, of the school I was working in, in violation of the voting bylaws. I only heard afterwords that my deputy returning officer was part of the Conservative party.</p>
<p>Needless to say, it was one big clusterfuck.</p>
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