[fvc-wat-disc] Total ballots ...

[Jon Bathmaker]

What a load of B.S.


On 2/27/2017 5:54 PM, John Cooper wrote:
>
> in a democracy (whatever that is) , no vote is a ‘wasted vote’. 
> Everyone who meets the criteria has a right – and a duty as a citizen 
> - to vote.
>
> It’s only wasted if you did not vote according to your principles and 
> values for the person or party who shares those with you or you did 
> not vote at all.
>
> There’s a difference between a ‘wasted vote’ and a ‘principled vote’.
>
> The real issue is whether the person elected receives more than a 
> simple plurality of votes over the other candidates.
>
> Is that democracy?
>
> The people who voted for the ‘winners’ and are not happy with the 
> decisions of those ‘winners’ after they gained power – those are 
> wasted votes
>
> because you did not vote according to your principles. You got ‘sucked 
> in’ by the promises of liars.
>
> *From:*fvc-wat-disc 
> [mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces at listserv.thinkers.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Eleanor Grant
> *Sent:* February-27-17 5:08 PM
> *To:* fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> *Subject:* [fvc-wat-disc] Total ballots ...
>
> Hi Fair Voters -
>
> These are the numbers that Jenn found for me on Feb 9.
>
> Results of 2015 Oct 19 election:
>
> 35,749,600 - Population of Canada
>
> 25,638,379 - Eligible Voters
>
> 17,559,353 - Ballots cast
>
> 8,214,532 - Effective votes
>
> 9,106,926 - "Wasted" votes, elected no one.
>
> I noticed the numbers don't add up;
>
> 237,895 votes are unaccounted for.
>
> Would there be that many spoiled ballots across the country?
>
> But even if all of these were added to the effective votes, they're 
> still far outnumbered by the votes which elected no one.  That's 
> scandalous.
>
> Eleanor
>
>
>
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