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On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o> wrote: |
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> 1. If someone has ideas on how to increase the turnout, they are |
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> invited to volunteer themselves to the cause :) |
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Having more candidates than slots post manifestos for starters? |
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If everybody else voted like I did we'll be doing this all over again |
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in a few weeks anyway, so consider this a practice round... :) |
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Seriously though - while I don't like flamewars in general I think |
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that at least some level of engagement by candidates on the concept |
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that they're standing for election wouldn't hurt. Sure, we can all |
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grep past mailing list posts, but if you're going to run for council |
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you can do better than pretend that you care. |
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And a personal thanks to those who did engage a little. |
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Finally, I'm not a big fan of "doesn't matter who you vote for - just |
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get out and vote" type of campaigns. If you're not seriously going to |
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investigate the candidates and issues and spend some time voting |
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right, then just sit the election out. Adding noise to the signal |
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does not make for a better election. |
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Rich |
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