Municipal Elections: Ontario 2022 - Part 2

[dewline]

Okay. So I participated in this workshop last week on the art of getting out the vote...in general, for all the candidates. In my previous entry here, I made it clear once again that I still do have Standards as to what sorts of people ought to be winning these elections. I want a city that's safer for everyone living here, save for maybe out-and-out fascist-bigot people. (If they're looking to put such mindsets permanently aside, good. Welcome (back) to the club!)

Anyway. Looking at this item on percentage of those eligible to vote who actually "showed up" last time around in Toronto:

http://spacing.ca/toronto/2022/09/12/election-mapping-municipal-election-voter-turnout/

I am, of course, more focused on Ottawa here, as this is where I live. So, where do I find the relevant stats for my city?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Ottawa_municipal_election

(I would like to nail down the sources for that Wikipedia article, preferably soon.)

According to which, 42.55 % of those then eligible to vote in Ottawa actually did vote. Which was an improvement over 2014's turnout of 39.92 %.

So that was good. We want to get that back up above 2010's turnout of 42 %, though, right?

There were videos I got to look at, some of which I hope to share in the next installment...

Comments

[moonblossom]

Hmm... https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/here-are-the-candidates-for-the-2022-ottawa-municipal-election

[dewline]

There are more detailed versions of that elsewhere, I believe...?

[elainegrey]

Yay for work to support democracy!

[sabotabby]

Thank you for doing that.

I'm weirdly more invested in the outcome of the Ottawa elections than the Toronto one, but that's because you have an incredible mayoral candidate and at least one councillor candidate whose pin I'm wearing even though I'm not even in the same city.

[dewline]

McKenney definitely impresses me as well. In addition to their response to the Siege last winter, I've noticed their attention to all manner of files in terms of city council committees attended, whether appointed to those committees or not.

I am leaning towards voting for Tessa Franklin for my ward, although incumbent Matt Luloff remains mostly competent for all my concerns about his participation in the "Watson Club".

There are two other candidates for the school board seat for my neighbourhood that I want to know more about. Pfahl, I've already ruled out, per antihate.ca's advisory.

[bibliofile]

So, what are the most effective ways to get out the vote (GOTV)? Or is a combination of efforts the best? Knocking on doors, phone calls, texts, snail mail, email, that is.

Thanks for sharing anything and everything. Voting is important.

[bibliofile]

Smallest breakdown I could find; maybe it makes sense to you?
https://boe.ottawa.oh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Amended-Precinct-Summary.pdf

[dewline]

"Access denied".

Also, wrong Ottawa, if I read that "*.oh.gov" URL correctly? I'd be looking for a "*.ca".

Still, thank you for trying.

[bibliofile]

Sorry, you're right, I looked at "boe.ottawa" and no further.

By me, I usually find the results by going to the municipal elections site and drilling down on anything with results. I mean, the press must be getting these numbers from someplace? And we live in actual democracies, which often means the numbers are available to the public someplace.

So, maybe start here?
https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/previous-elections-and-appointment-processes

[mtbc]

Great to see turnout up, every little bit helps to entrench habits.

[sabotabby]

I adore McKenney. They're so cool. The fact that someone that cool might actually get into office is amazing to me.

The candidate in question is Ariel Troster, if you have any friends or family who live in that ward. Can 100% vouch that she's the real deal.

[dewline]

I know Troster's name from Twitter, and I am also impressed.

[sabotabby]

She's half the reason I came back to Twitter. The only good information I could get out of Ottawa during the convoy.

[dewline]

Yes, it does!