Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Voter's Resources

This is a post-dated post. If the date and time indicated for this post have not yet passed, there may be new material below.

Getting Started

First, go to the Elections Canada website and type in your postal code to find out your riding, your candidates, and where to vote.

If you have not received your voter information card, you can still vote on election day, you just need to take ID.

Your employer has to give you enough time off to ensure that you have three consecutive hours off during polling hours.

Issues

The platforms:

Bloc Quebecois (Click the link that contains "anglais" for the English version
Conservative Party
Green Party
Liberal Party
NDP

To help you figure out which party is best for you:

The Toronto Star's quiz
theundecided.ca

Strategy and Predictions

My "How to Vote"
My "Where to Vote"
My "How to Vote Strategically"

To help you with strategic voting:

Election Prediction Project
Hill and Knowlton Election Predictor You can use the poll results provided (scroll down to the Polls box at the bottom left, or the Globe and Mail's aggregate poll, or any other polls you can find.
DemocraticSPACE Strategic Voting Guide and seat predictions (PDF).

If I've missed anything or left any dead links, let me know.

1 comment:

laura k said...

I hope you will post this for the next election - the one after the current election. I hope to be a citizen then.