FitzTheRuke
Legend
What will really surprise Americans about our Candadian Federal Election - the Election was announced August 15 and we go to the polls September 20. A month of campaigning is all they get!
D&D and the rising pandemic
Eltab
Lord of the Hidden Layer
I've seen churches and schools used as polling places. In both cases, one end of the building was used for voters (gym at school or cafeteria at church). A closed doorway or a long empty hallway marked "Please Do Not Enter" were between the guests and the normal occupants. Tuesday is not the busy day for church, and the kids / teens were down in their classrooms. No idea how the school handled lunchtime or recess. Although (in a normal year) a Civics or Government class could take advantage to visit the polls and talk to the folks working there.
billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him)
I would just about kill for that kind of efficiency in our electoral system.
Personally, I like having enough time for committed journalists to dig up dirt that matters.
J.Quondam
CR 1/8
Problem is that too many voters don't care about the dirt and just vote for "their guy" anyway.
Committed journalism only seems to matter to thoughtful, serious voters. But "thoughtful" and "serious" don't really apply to tens of millions of American voters. Those voters "do their own research" and are perfectly happy with bombastic, bias-confirming yellow journalism... which, of course, is why they do idiotic stuff like refusing vaccine in favor of chowing down on horse meds.
Yes, well, note that the entirety of Canada has the population of... California. About 11% of the US population.
It is not clear that such speed is possible or desirable when you scale the population up that much.
billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him)
The UK has twice the population of Canada - still does it in 25 working days once they call the election. I'm quite willing to extend a bit to incorporate the primary season, but our election process is overly long and drawn out and requires too much money. It badly needs reform. There's no reason it can't be completed within 3 months other than lack of political will to reform the system.
And that's the point where we stop in the discussion.
Zardnaar
Legend
Unvaccinated 10 times more likely to require hospitalization and 11 times more likely to die.
Moderna best vaccine in real world conditions. Pfizer second best.
Here we get a choice of Pfizer, Pfizer or Pfizer.
Moderna best vaccine in real world conditions. Pfizer second best.
Here we get a choice of Pfizer, Pfizer or Pfizer.
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