Is it just me, or is it silly that an election for an office of power for the next four years was determined by a coin flip?

I know it’s legislation and it’s only fair that the rules laid out be followed, but it seems like this particular rule was drafted under the impression it was an impossible scenario.

I know nothing about the mayoral candidate from Paradise, except that one is a 19 year old student and they other is a seasoned municipal politician, but I don’t think what happened in that municipality was fair to either candidate or very democratic.

For anyone unfamiliar with this case the mayor was literally chosen at random after a recount resulted in a tie. In Newfoundland that is how we resolve electoral recounts.

Costly as they are, I think that legislation needs to be upgraded to allow additional recounts or a tie-breaking election. If there were any discrepancies from one count to a second, coundn’t it also be possible that the recount was inaccurate?

Could you imagine if a hockey playoff match tie was determined by a coin flip? I suspect people would lose interest in hockey.

Local News, Politics, Rants Elections, Paradise

The Scope recently released this great article to help people figure out what ward they are in and who is running in their ward.

From The Scope: What ward am I in?

Local News, Politics Elections, St. John's

The minority Conservative government in Nova Scotia has been toppled.

Darrell Dexter has led his team of New Democrats to a historic win landing his party a solid majority government. His party earned 31 seats of a possible 52.

Loraine Micheal, the leader of the NDP for Newfoundland and Labrador is happy to see the NDP come into power and says she looks forward to collaborating with the Nova Scotia NDPs. She says “the NDP ideals of social justice, equality, and economic progress are ideas that resonate with the average Atlantic Canadian.”

What does this mean for voter support for Conservatives on the federal level?

From CBC: N.S. voters elect 1st NDP government
Fom CBC: Michael tips hat to Dexter on NDP win in N.S.

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