On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

So.

The writ's been dropped.

Let's go.

I'm gonna vote because my life depends on it.

And because your lives do too.

He said today that the tariffs would start on the 1st of February.

The day after the foreign election interference report is released by the federal government here in Canada, right?

To those of you observing those occasions, I hope today is kind to you!

If you've been living in any Ontario municipality long enough, you probably already know that today is the final day of voting for your local mayor/reeve, your local councillor and school board representative. I hope that if you haven't already done so, you'll take what time you can to go vote for your preference for those positions. The next four years' municipal decision-making rides at least in part on the choices we've been making on those matters.

Here's two alternatives to choose between for for OCDBS Zone 8.

Donna Dickson. She first found herself drafted into activism by way of her son's murder some five years ago, but has been finding reasons to keep working for the better.

There's one other alternative to the "Unwoke" person also running for that school board seat: Shannon Kramer.

I'm leaning towards Dickson at the moment. If the seat could be legally shared, though...?

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...

Another job applied for, some more learning about how to argue for voting during an election done, and next year's air filters for the CPAP machine bought as well. Among other adulting done today, that is.

And that's how September 2022 started for me.

I just got back from voting, shopping and exercise-walking.

I did NOT vote for:

1) "Progressive" Conservatives
2) "Ontario" Party
3) New Blue
4) Libertarian

The first has proven anew their continued Will to Incompetence in Power over the past four years. The next two are made up of people who think the first bunch aren't cruel enough. The last is just pro-selfishness.

I just found out about this organization via MSNBC's YouTube channel, specifically the Rachel Maddow Report's highlights from 15 December...the Election Officials Legal Defense Network:

https://eoldn.org/

If you know election officials under legal threat and they don't already know of this organization, then you might want to point them in the Network's direction. If you know of lawyers able and willing to help in such things and they don't already know of the Network, then again...same advice applies.

Hoping this helps.

Thanks to james_davis_nicoll passing this link along re: voting options for 2021's federal election:

https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=vote&document=index&lang=e#mail