Political Poll

[c9]

Situation: You wake up, grab your coffee, sit at the computer. Up comes the www.vote.gc.ca website. You punch in an ID number, and then vote on a dozen little issues such as "should your children be taught in both English and French equally?" "should the city repave Mill Street or build a new bike path?" or "Do you want a $100 tax cut in 2006, or should that money go to building 31,000 new affordable homes nationwide?"

a) Is this something you like the sounds of? (separate from technical concerns or privacy concerns, assume those are dealt with)

b) Would you vote every day?

Comments

[c9.livejournal.com]

UNB's been like that for years already. But that's different: once or twice a year. VOting daily or weekly would create a much different dynamic, I think.

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Average turnout for a general election is about 25% (electronically), up from about 8% for the last paper ballot. Of course, the electronic system contribues somewhat to voter disenfranchisement, because it's moderately more difficult to handle provisional ballots in the electronic system (it's not impossible, but trickier).