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<p>What a load of B.S. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/27/2017 5:54 PM, John Cooper
wrote:<br>
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<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
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> fvc-wat-disc
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org">mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Eleanor Grant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> February-27-17 5:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</a><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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Hi Fair Voters
- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eleanor <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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