Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter (fairvotewrc)

laurelrusswurm 1111aether

@1111aether ... it isn't just men who aren't voting for women. I'm looking forward to seeing if "Menocracy" has any suggestions

laurelrusswurm Canadian Politics , Waterloo~Region awesomeness

blogged: "where are all the women?" http://www.ur1.ca/7skcb !wrawesome !CDNpoli #gender #equality #menocracy

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Electoral Reform

Kudos to @MinTimUppal for introducing !Electoral_Reform legislation & using #SocialMedia to do it (but should've used Cdn service identi.ca)

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter

♻ @MinTimUppal: 5/5: Paul Bryan should be acknowledged for his advocacy on this issue. #elxnresults

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter

♻ @MinTimUppal: 4/5: Canadians should have freedom to communicate about election results without fear of heavy penalty. #elxnresults

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter

♻ @MinTimUppal: 3/5: The ban, enctd in 1938, does not make sense /w widespread use of social media and modern comm technology #elxnresults

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter

♻ @MinTimUppal: 2/5: … by introducing legislation to get rid of the dated ban on early transmission of election results. #elxnresults

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter

♻ @MinTimUppal: 1/5: GoC is committed to bringing Canadian elections into 21st century…

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Electoral Reform , Canadian Politics

@PeterStofferMP: We in the NDP have two words that will really help our country: !proportional_representation http://ur1.ca/6ku37 !cdnpoli

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Canadian Politics

Speaker of the House @AndrewScheer sez: I do not have a particular formula or any flies in my ointment. http://ur1.ca/6kqyc !cdnpoli

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Electoral Reform

@Cash4TO speaks in Parliament: The reason that we are here is to advocate for fair representation http://ur1.ca/6kolf !fairvote

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter

@ElizabethMay in Parliament: “I am only sitting because I cannot be heard.” http://ur1.ca/5zov0 #improving_decorum

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Marjolein Katsma

@marjoleink: MT = Modified Tweet

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Electoral Reform

@ElizabethMay sez: [FPTP] is unfair to voters, and I think it’s a big reason for the decline in voter turnout http://ur1.ca/5uhrh !fairvote

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter

♻ @ElizabethMay: Announced our appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada against First-past-the-post. With @fairvotecanada

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Electoral Reform

@ElizabethMay writes: FPTP … is a system that delivers perverse results to the electorate http://ur1.ca/5ntku !fairvote

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Electoral Reform

@AnitaN88 writes in @WR_Record: those who benefit from the status quo succeeded in scaring people with baloney http://ur1.ca/5mkf0 !fairvote

laurelrusswurm Jeff Has Moved

Stacked means that all votes are not equal. 40% of the vote can mean an absolute majority or a crushing defeat.

Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter Electoral Reform , Cameron Dearlove

Easier voting, electoral reform, rock star politicians @camdearlove on !electoral_reform and rebuilding voter trust http://ur1.ca/5e3rs