Subj : the  Canadian federal election
To   : August Abolins
From : Erich B.
Date : Thu Sep 16 2021 08:00:03


> Hi All, 
>     ...Greets from my Telegram app!

> [Originally posted in CANACHAT echo]

> So.. whatcha y'all thinking about the advance call for another federal
> election?

> I voted in the advance polls yesterday.  I noticed a couple of things quite
> different. 

> [1] the ballot actually mentioned the party for each candidate.  I always
> wondered why they never had that in the past. As a result, I think I ended up
> voting for the wrong candidate the very first time I was old enough to vote.

> [2] covid theatre was in full force.  Free masks were available. Hand
> sanitation was required.  They even required that I "sign" (including my
> telephone number)
> a registry. I actually had to pause as I realized that I forgot my own phone
> number for a moment.  :D  The problem with the registry is that it failed to
> provide a record WHEN my visit occurred. I mean.. there was no date or TIME
> column. But the venue was empty. Gee.. I hope that I don't get a call to tell
> me that my health may have been compromised. LOL   The "workers" were all at
> their stations, and I was the only active voter in the facility during my 3
> minute visit.

> Ciao!
>  /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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Boy are the numbers ever close. It's been like that through the whole election.
 
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