Non-voters Alliance for Democratic & Electoral Reform
Blog URL http://nonvotersforreform.blogspot.com/
Located Duncan, British Columbia Canada
The Non-voters Alliance for Democratic & Electoral Reform represents people of good conscience who have turned their backs on the provincial or federal electoral process and have come together to demand reform of Canada's democratic institutions.
Latest Blog Posts
- Post-Election Survey re Voter Turnout on Aug 31, 2009
... saw almost 90 percent of possible respondents declining to participate in the survey. Of those who did respond, some 35 percent of the non-voters ... said the main reason they did not vote was 'personal', including people who were busy, out of t...
- Stop Blaming Young People on Jul 21, 2009
Aaron Wherry (Macleans) notes this article which is of the ilk, as he puts it, "Why don't the kids like the politics?"It's refreshing to see someone like Wherry alluding to the unfairness of identifying young people as politically disengage...
- Parliamentary Games on Jul 2, 2009
James Travers lists ten reasons why Parliament no longer serves the people. Among them is what he titles "Dumb and Dumber":Happiness here is reducing complex problems to a bumper sticker. "Do the Crime, Do the Time" resonates, but...
- Canada No Longer Popular Among Canadians on Jun 29, 2009
This post over at Stageleft should be getting more attention. Canadians across this land are increasingly feeling unrepresented and powerless - and powerless to change that situation. There's good reason for this and it's not just about our cruddy el...
- French High Court: Internet Access Fundamental Right on Jun 11, 2009
Can't disagree with this statement. In their ruling regarding web piracy, France's highest court, the Constitutional Council declared the Internet to be "a fundamental human right that can not be taken away by anything other than a court of law.
- Until Nonvoters Heard, Low Voter Turnout Likely to Continue on Jun 9, 2009
There must be something circulating in the wind. Just this morning I sent the following email to Peter Sircom Bromley, the writer of an article which appeared in Common Ground magazine. I also cc'd the email to CG.===Dear Mr. Bromley:I was a voluntee...
- We're Off to Calgary! on May 19, 2009
Daphne and I will be away for the next four days. We'll be away from our computers, away from Twitter, away from our blogs. Eeek! Don't know how I, for one, will be able to cope.Anyway, we have been provided a full bursary to attend the Canada Social...
