It's ten days until ballot-box time and I have no idea what I'm going to do with my ballot. I'm not going to vote Liberal. I don't want to vote Conservative. The NDP vote is a waste. I don't even know what other parties are running in my riding. And, I don't care.
I could really care less. I don't care about any of the candidates or the party leaders. None of them are qualified to run this country, let alone do something worthwhile with their opportunity for leadership.
Let's take a quick look at the Liberals. The candidate in my riding (Saskatoon-Humboldt) is Peter Stroh. I know nothing about Peter Stroh, his politics or his career. However, there is zero possibility of me voting for him. The rest of the Federal Liberal party made that decision for him, as I refuse to support another four years of Liberal corruption.
The Conservatives are running incumbent Brad Trost. There is a chance he will receive my vote, but not on his merit or politics. Simply as a "get the Liberals the fuck out of office" vote. Now, I don't necessarily like Stephen Harper, nor agree with the parties policies, but he's got to be better than Paul Martin. I just really can't picture myself looking at Stephen Harper as the Prime Minister of my country. His hair is plastic. He looks like a wax musem exhibit, and has no personality. Ugh.
Andrew Mason is running as an NDP. The NDP seems like the least threatening to our country, but this is pretty much like spoiling a ballot. If we don't have a majority government, everything that happens is a waste of time. The NDP have got zero chance of forming a majority, and I would rather have the Conservatives running Canada than the Liberals. Not voting NDP.
The Green Party is running Mike Jones. Fuck the Green Party.
Running as an independant, 19 year old Tim Nyborg has a chance of getting my vote. When I was 18 I thought about running, just for the hell of it, so why not help this guy out? It's better than spoiling my ballot completely, and every vote will boost the kid's self esteem. Actually, I just decided I'm going to vote for him. He's the only person here with nothing to lose. Go Tim!
I can't even imagine how many of my readers I'm going to piss off with this post, but I don't care. I'm off to send an email to Tim Nyborg to offer my support.
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You could always eat your ballot. Get it, and chow down right in front of the scrutineer. I keep hearing about people doing it, but don't know of anyone who actually did it.
Make history, make the news, make a statement. Besides, it throws the process off. They'll not be able to account for the ballot as "spoiled" because it never made the count.
The important thing to do is eat it, though. Tearing it counts as a spoiled ballot.
Oh, and there are programs out there that avoid the spambots. God knows where to find 'em, I suspect Lance knows. catprint.ca/blog
You're in the same boat as me. I really don't want to vote Liberal or Conservative, but the NDP vote is a waste. What to do, what to do.