seriously people go fucking vote

[Carrie]

I have voted..

and eaten a taco

[miss.myra]

haha the girl at the polling station was asleep, i had to wake her up

yay politics

[Moon]

i just voted

big up colin hansen just cause you're an old boy just cuz =)

[Moon]

Originally Posted by Cheez

THIS JUST IN: those who want to vote liberal are no longer allowed, so if you were planning to vote liberal, dont bother!

i just voted liberal BIOOOOOTTTTCH =)

[Moon]

and any who votes for the marijuana party you're officially cut. haha i can't believe they have 44 seats!!! hahahaha what a fuckin joke!!! classic tale of quantitiy of idiots

[mapleleaf4ever]

I saw the "Platinum Party" on my Ballot this morning... who the hell are they?!

[Clayton.]

Fuck the system!

[jono]

Originally Posted by ~Veni_C~

or how about people vote for whoever they want?.... now theres an idea!

It just doesn't work that way.

I just got back from throwing my vote away. I went for the Turd Sandwich, but was really torn between that and the Giant Douche.

[sungoo]

this form of democracy is so deceiving.
It boggles my mind how 1 extra vote could determine whether half the population inside imaginary lines created by society get their voice heard or silenced.

[Moon]

Originally Posted by sungoo

this form of democracy is so deceiving.
It boggles my mind how 1 extra vote could determine whether half the population inside imaginary lines created by society get their voice heard or silenced.

let the results determine that

as far as i'm concerned i see the liberals dominating over 50% for this election. the village has spoken!

[TheCooker]

The NDP are showing over 30 seats right now! The results are showing that some people have woke up, and want a change. Maybe now there will be balance to the legislature. What's going with the Green Party??

[Grapes]

Voted NDP. I know I know...

Bunch of reasons.. being in Gordon Campbell's riding, and hating Gordon Campbell was one of them. That's been my policy ever since I first saw his stupid face, and ever since I watched him as the opposition do nothing but just gainsay whatever the NDP's stance was. Didn't seem to have an actual, personal conviction in his fat head. So I tried to get him out by voting Lehan. Didn't work apparently.

Also I'm holding out hope that the NDP can balance their social justice platform (which the Liberals are making too much money to pay any attention to) with giving up less to unions, who had a stranglehold over the party when they used to be in power.

Read some impressive things about Lehan, although they weren't from unbiased sources.

Yadda yadda, I think that's more thought than most people put into voting anyways.

Two more thoughts:

- I really hope STV passes.. it looks promising right now

- On my ballot I had the option of choosing the Marijuanna party, or the Work Less party. Ummm... am I the only person who's had the brain storm: HEY MAYBE YOU TWO SHOULD GIVE EACH OTHER A RING, YOU JUST MIGHT FIND COMMON GROUND.

BC Election 2008: Say hello to the Work Less, Smoke More party!

[miss.myra]

I voted with a check mark, I always seem to.


How about all of you?

[BongMan]

Well looks like another run with the liberals personally Im glad and looks like there is a fair mount of NDP seats to help keep the liberals in check..

[Moon]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Voted NDP. I know I know...

Bunch of reasons.. being in Gordon Campbell's riding, and hating Gordon Campbell was one of them. That's been my policy ever since I first saw his stupid face, and ever since I watched him as the opposition do nothing but just gainsay whatever the NDP's stance was. Didn't seem to have an actual, personal conviction in his fat head. So I tried to get him out by voting Lehan. Didn't work apparently.

Also I'm holding out hope that the NDP can balance their social justice platform (which the Liberals are making too much money to pay any attention to) with giving up less to unions, who had a stranglehold over the party when they used to be in power.

Read some impressive things about Lehan, although they weren't from unbiased sources.

Yadda yadda, I think that's more thought than most people put into voting anyways.

Two more thoughts:

- I really hope STV passes.. it looks promising right now

- On my ballot I had the option of choosing the Marijuanna party, or the Work Less party. Ummm... am I the only person who's had the brain storm: HEY MAYBE YOU TWO SHOULD GIVE EACH OTHER A RING, YOU JUST MIGHT FIND COMMON GROUND.

BC Election 2008: Say hello to the Work Less, Smoke More party!

bwahahaha

hillarious

[thebobman]

For all those who voted NDP today:

http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-73-1637

next time, take a long hard look at the history of the party you vote for. Voting for a party just because "They're Not the Liberals" isn't an excuse. Don't get me wrong. Gordo is the anti-christ, but he's not stealing money from charities and then somehow staying in power.

[BongMan]

^^ Indeed the well they arnt that party is how we got the last four years..

[TheCooker]

^ No he demands money from charities, community councils, and regular people. Not to mention the donations from the Hells Angels, and well all the big corporations.

[thebobman]

uh, cooker, you are aware that the heads of pretty much all the large labour unions hang out with the hell's angels, right?

you don't remember those photos circulating a few months ago?

[rawb]

Originally Posted by thebobman

uh, cooker, you are aware that the heads of pretty much all the large labour unions hang out with the hell's angels, right?

you don't remember those photos circulating a few months ago?

co-signed

[Grapes]

Gordo is the anti-christ, but he's not stealing money from charities and then somehow staying in power.

Right. That's the federal liberals. Gordo's the drunk driver who somehow stays in power, I remember now.

next time, take a long hard look at the history of the party you vote for. Voting for a party just because "They're Not the Liberals" isn't an excuse.

But voting for the Liberals because "They're not the NDP" is an excuse?

Bottom line.. the old cliche, absolute power corrupts absolutely. There's no telling what trouble the Liberals would've got themselves into over the next 4 years if they'd been given the kind of mandate they had last election. I'm glad they've been checked somewhat this time around.

[sungoo]

Originally Posted by k-pryde

let the results determine that

how about last election when the liberals won nearly all the seats, yet the general population had only voted 60% liberals.

I don't see how that's democracy. Nor how any riding that wins by a dozen votes has one voice, and one voice that will almost always follow party lines.

[Grapes]

Speaking of 60%... and speaking of the need for electoral reform... that's how much STV needs to pass =)

Looks like it's going to be close, but maybe no cigar :-/

[sungoo]

The thing I've noticed about this election is that, it seems its not about who's best to lead but who's not the worst to lead. People still hate the NDP for the Clarke era and people hate the liberals for the last 4 years. The way the seats are going, it seems like the people haven't forgotten about the NDP's last 4 years, but are still wary about going with a 77 seat liberal majority government...

Man, I fucking hate majority governments. It wouldn't be so bad if there were more non partisan politicians.

[Kandyapple]

really i was looking at the results right now and "yes" was up in the votes.