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Whether it’s the historic presidential contest between Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008 or a local school board, elections are and will always be a hot topic on the Internet, in the blogosphere, and social media realms. Elections can take many forms, from a simple majority rules format in which anyone can participate, to more complex primary run-off systems, for example, where registered members of a party participate in a process that first selects a few top candidates before a final vote is held.

While the "who" of elections is always of interest for important races in which important issues and political power are at stake, elections themselves are themselves meaningful in many ways, such as in terms of access to free and open elections, and election reform movements.

Election reform in the state of Florida, for example, became an area of intense debate stemming from the presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. And more recently, Al Franken and Norm Coleman engaged in a protracted legal battle in the aftermath of an unclear election outcome for a Senate seat in the state of Minnesota that led to a recount trial.

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  • And the winner is: Louise Harel!


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    If this were 2002 rather than 2009, Louise Harel might be spending this week looking more like the photo above (she’d be smiling).  Why?  Well, because in 2002, the geography of Montreal was much different than it is now.  Before 2002, Montreal was a much smaller city surrounded by a number of independent ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Transit and the Election: 1 step forward, 2 steps back


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    So Projet Montréal, the party who put transit at the top of the agenda  -at least before cries of corruption drowned out any other issue- earned 10 seats on the municipal council. Their support rose from 9% in 2005 to 25% across the island. The fact that sustainable development and alternative transportation ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Montréal is a pathetic


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    « Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. » - A very wise man Il semble que j’ai oublié un dernier adjectif pour décrire la population montréalaise : paresseuse. Ou bien négligente, écervelée, lâche. Avec un taux de participation qui n’atteint même pas ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Spacing Montreal invites you to an evening of Turcot talk and other municipal madness: Wednesday November 4


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    If following the growing panic over H1N1 doesn’t hold the same appeal for you as Montreal’s recent election campaign, there’s another major Montreal story that will soon come to a head : the future of the Turcot Interchange. Within the next two weeks, the Ministry of the Environment will release its ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Dimanche démocratique : Do the right thing


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    « L’adulte ne croit pas au père Noël. Il vote. » - Pierre Desproges If the mayor’s office is supposed to represent the city, and the city is supposed to represent Montrealers, then we are all poor , uneducated , corrupt and scandal- ridden mafiosi . Make a change. I don’t care if you were up ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Voting for Everybody


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    “We need your help,” my step-mother said when I stopped by for supper yesterday evening. “You know about this city stuff. You’ve got to help us figure out who to vote for.” Oh dear. This election has got me turning in circles like a cat that can’t quite figure out where to plunk herself down. “Well, ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Dimanche démocratique : Louise O.


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    « Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. » - Timothy Leary One must not discount the candidacy of Louise O’Sullivan. She and her Parti Montréal Ville-Marie do not belong in the same category as the other long shots; O’Suillivan had worked in the current administration under Tremblay as a member ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Dimanche démocratique : Il buono, il brutto, il politico


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    Il nous reste une semaine avant que nous ne prenions une décision collaborative sur l’avenir de la Métropole. Certains d’entre vous auront exprimé par avance vos voix au vote par anticipation (ce dimanche, midi à 20 h). Ce serait bien l’option pour les militants, et ceux qui savent déjà la réponse à la ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Get to Know Your Jean Drapeau


    Spacing Montreal — Authority Authority: 478
    “What would Jean Drapeau Do?” asks Richard Bergeron in an essay published on Projet Montréal’s website . It’s an interesting choice of role model for Projet Montréal’s mayoral candidate, as most of us have got, at best, mixed feelings for the man who ruled the city for three decades (1954-57 and ...
    4 weeks ago

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