Hello Myrl, I voted yesterday, right after hosting a Meet and Greet at our home for one of the local candidates. While I'm always quietly pleased that voting in Canada is still a respectful, dignified, safe process, I was blowing steam out of my ears by the inefficiency.
It was my 3rd time to try to vote this weekend. The first two times, the lineup was over an hour long. The second time it was 50 minutes. Our large polling district was supported by only one table. A nearby polling district with a much smaller population was also supported by one table. Those voters were in and out in less than four minutes. And me, being me, needed to let Elections Canada know about their gross inefficiency. So I spoke (politely) to the young lady in charge who gave me a form to fill out and who assured me it would be read that evening, centrally. The steam evaporated. I trust the situation will be improved for the next election.
Hello Myrl, I voted yesterday, right after hosting a Meet and Greet at our home for one of the local candidates. While I'm always quietly pleased that voting in Canada is still a respectful, dignified, safe process, I was blowing steam out of my ears by the inefficiency.
It was my 3rd time to try to vote this weekend. The first two times, the lineup was over an hour long. The second time it was 50 minutes. Our large polling district was supported by only one table. A nearby polling district with a much smaller population was also supported by one table. Those voters were in and out in less than four minutes. And me, being me, needed to let Elections Canada know about their gross inefficiency. So I spoke (politely) to the young lady in charge who gave me a form to fill out and who assured me it would be read that evening, centrally. The steam evaporated. I trust the situation will be improved for the next election.
Thank you Myrl, this was a beautiful piece and , yes, we do have a decent , civilized system.