trtcttc
Senior Member
Just voted in ward 7, took about 5 minutes. Steady stream of people coming in but they had 5 booths staffed
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Calgary Municipal Politics
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Roaring Flames
Senior Member
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
Ok this is just ridiculous
trtcttc
Senior Member
There’s people blaming some form that is supposedly required by the UCP. Not sure how accurate that is, they had to fill out a form for me because I wasn’t on the list, even though I was sure to update my registration before the deadline. I wonder if there was some issue with the elector list from Elections AB. Not meant to be nefarious just maybe an error or timing issue.
Even saying that the form took at most 2 minutes, and the Federal election had a very similar form if you were not in the rolls.
ByeByeBaby
Active Member
It's completely accurate; it's a hurdle that was added by the UCP for no good reason. (It was added for the bad reason that suppressing votes makes it easier to implement unpopular policies.)
They had to fill out the same form for me, even though I was on the electoral roll, like most people. They literally copied by hand information they already had printed in the book in front of them onto a paper form like we are a bunch of medieval monks trying to preserve Scripture, then I had to read the information they wrote down even though it's my own information, then sign it, then they had to file the paper.
Adding 2 minutes to a 1 minute process turns a 20 minute wait into a 60 minute wait.
itsavro
New Member
Finished my 15 hour shift at Bishop Carroll voting station just before midnight. We're all tired. Our team (9 DROs, 3 IOs and a ballot box officer) managed to count everything in about three hours. I was working as an IO, but oh my god the amount of paperwork the DROs had to do. No wonder why it took forever.
Glad to see a lot of people show up to vote (and even spotted Duane Bratt at one point). Crazy to read it took over 2-3 hours at other places as the longest wait we had was one hour. We were told our target from when you arrive to leaving with an "I Voted" sticker is 20 minutes - but that obviously goes out the window when there's over 100 people in line. It would've been nice if they were able to use the laptops from advance voting a couple weeks ago (I was one of the 40 on-site IT techs the city had brought on for that).
Please bring back the tabulators. I never want to count so many ballots ever again.
Glad to see a lot of people show up to vote (and even spotted Duane Bratt at one point). Crazy to read it took over 2-3 hours at other places as the longest wait we had was one hour. We were told our target from when you arrive to leaving with an "I Voted" sticker is 20 minutes - but that obviously goes out the window when there's over 100 people in line. It would've been nice if they were able to use the laptops from advance voting a couple weeks ago (I was one of the 40 on-site IT techs the city had brought on for that).
Please bring back the tabulators. I never want to count so many ballots ever again.
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Roaring Flames
Senior Member
It looks like this was likely the lowest voter turnout since 2007. Just imagine how much worse it would have been with an extra 100k people out trying to vote.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Sounds like this all went to plan. For what reason? Your guess is as good as mine. There were Sharp voters that for sure didn't vote and ended up walking away. Hope they're proud of themselves.
Now it is time to see who Jeromy Farkas really is.
Now it is time to see who Jeromy Farkas really is.
AllanS
New Member
When I voted (during advance vote) the people working told me the form had to be filled out for every person who voted for a school trustee as they needed a signed declaration as to if you were voting for public or separate board.
Heard multiple people mention that some poll workers were "encouraging" people to skip a trustee vote to be able to avoid the paperwork.
O-tac
Active Member
That's what the UCP wants. Did anyone hear their announcement yesterday that next provincial election they get to choose who is allowed to run or not based on how 'serious' the candidate is? GOP MAGA voter suppression is being imported by these lunatics.
O-tac
Active Member
IIRC you moved here from out of province? This is the first election where I have had to sign any kind of declaration. Just wait til the new licenses with immigration status start appearing. This is all part of the UCP's push to disenfranchise voters.
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lemongrab
Active Member
Thousands would have seen the lines yesterday and just skipped it. Many more would have gotten into line and renegged when they saw how slow it was moving (my wife saw at least 2 people with walkers reneg during her 2 hour saga)
trtcttc
Senior Member
Yes, so it's my first election with Election AB voter rolls, which I was not on the list despite updating my registration before the cut off date. The form had them write my name, address, and check the ballots I'm voting for, which I then signed. I thought this was only because I was not on the list, but seems like everyone had to sign the form?
trtcttc
Senior Member
For councilor results, I'm seeing like 17/72 polls reporting. But the vote count is already about 3/5 of 2021.
O-tac
Active Member
Yes everyone had to sign those worthless declarations. All performative paperwork to appease the rural MAGA base that believes our elections are rife with voter fraud. Cities couldn't possibly elect non conservative politicians without their being fraud of some kind in their mind.