Government gets it right (OMG!)
It’s official now! http://m.techvibes.com/blog/twitter-has-just-changed-canadian-politics-forever-2012-01-13
As I was flipping through this week’s issue of Maclean’s magazine yesterday morning, I came upon a paragraph in the “Good News” section that the Feds plan to repeal a section of our Elections Act that makes the transmission of election results before all polls close illegal.
I think this is great. No more worrying if the tweet you send on election day will get you thrown in jail or if your Facebook post will net you a fine. Maybe this will encourage people out West to get out and vote! Oh, the PCs are winning in the east? I still have an hour until my poll closes, I better go vote for the other guy! Maybe if we know we can actually make a real change to a stagnant and stale governing body (as they all eventually become), we can finally break through the wall of voter turnout that is continually in the mid-60% range.
What do you think? Do you believe that announcing results as they come in will make for higher voter turnout?
January 26, 2012 | Categories: Social Media | Tags: election, Facebook, government, Maclean's, social media, Twitter, vote | 1 Comment »
Calgary voted, did you watch?
Calgary voted yesterday, and in a record turnout of over 50%, we voted in Canada’s first visible minority mayor. He beat out a 9-year alderman, and a local celebrity, former CTV news anchor, Barb Higgins.
Let me ask you this – did you watch any of the coverage on TV? If you did, your choices were very limited. Limited to 1 – Shaw TV, which was filming from is Barlow location, and featured a group of people who really had no right talking politics. Fraser from X92.9 was on there, slouching and lounging in his chair, predicting a win based on a popped collar (Mar vs. Pashak); a drinking game was being played by the know-it-all blogger, with a drink taken every time someone said Twitter, incumbent, percentage…the list goes on.
I know Shaw was trying to appeal to the youth voter, but that broadcast was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.
But hold on, where were the big guns in all of this? CTV, Global, CBC? Oh wait, they couldn’t interrupt their regularly scheduled program for an event that will shape our city for the next 3 years, with a voter turnout this city hasn’t seen since the 70′s. Way to go guys.
October 19, 2010 | Categories: Reality TV, Social Causes | Tags: Calgary, CBC, coverage, CTV, election, Global, Higgins, Mar, McIver, Nenshi, news, Pashak, Shaw, TV, X92.9 | Leave A Comment »
