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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There’s a difference between a ‘wasted vote’ and a ‘principled vote’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The real issue is whether the person elected receives more than a simple plurality of votes over the other candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is that democracy?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>because you did not vote according to your principles. You got ‘sucked in’ by the promises of liars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> fvc-wat-disc [mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eleanor Grant<br><b>Sent:</b> February-27-17 5:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [fvc-wat-disc] Total ballots ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Hi Fair Voters - <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>These are the numbers that Jenn found for me on Feb 9.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Results of 2015 Oct 19 election:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>35,749,600 - Population of Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>25,638,379 - Eligible Voters<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>17,559,353 - Ballots cast<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 8,214,532 - Effective votes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 9,106,926 - "Wasted" votes, elected no one.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I noticed the numbers don't add up;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>237,895 votes are unaccounted for.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Would there be that many spoiled ballots across the country?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Eleanor <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>