Three things for voting day.

[c9]

1. Vote!
Hardly any excuse for not voting is good enough beyond medical emergency, IMHO.

2. Rob Hyndman's very pretty blog reminds us that posting comments that reference results of the election before the polls have closed coast to coast is illegal in Canada. Andrew Coyne sneakily suggests reporting hypothetical results of an election featuring Fascists, Crooks, Commies, and Traitors. :)

3. The final predictions:

	Fascists	Crooks	Commies	Traitors
Ipsos Reid (midpoints)	150	64	36	58
PinnacleSports.com	146	74	31	57
ElectionPolls	141	79	30	58
The Correct Answer	140	81	31	54
Trendlines.ca	140	71	36	60
LISPOP	140	78	33	56
Loblaw Election Pool	136	89	26	57
jord.ca	135	72	38	62
UBC Election Market	128	93	31	55
democraticSPACE.com	125	97	29	56
ElectionPrediction.org	118	104	29	56

Comments

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

Does this part mean that I'm exempt from the rule?

Last point: CBC’s the Blog Report notes that U.S. bloggers might well decide to post Canadian election results early (and thanks to the CBC for pointing us there), and that the Elections Act doesn’t apply to websites or broadcasters outside of Canada. Few things could be more tedious at this point than embarking on a jurisdictional debate about the Act, but I will point to Section 331, patriotically titled “Non-interference by Foreigners”:

"No person who does not reside in Canada shall, during an election period, in any way induce electors to vote or refrain from voting or vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate unless the person is

a) A Canadian Citizen

[...]"

[c9.livejournal.com]

I dunno. The law is written without the Internet in mind, unfortunately. You live outside Canada, and would be transmitting information to a website that exists outside Canada. You're in the clear. I live inside Canada, so I'm not.

I think the part you quoted just means that Michael Moore and Bill O'Reilly should shut up.

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

I like the idea that, legally, I seem to have more power than them over the issue at the moment. I'm tempted to start a public-facing blog expressly for this purpose.

Oh, and I'll also use it to complain about interviewing because I don't think I did that loudly and publicly enough this morning.

[c9.livejournal.com]

There are already several websites devoted to both those purposes, actually. :)