elections

[dogdung]

rm #3 citizens showed there support yesterday in returning our present councillers in a landslide . good work guys just shows you are doing a exelant job

[oneoff]

One might ask for a list of examples that would lead to a conclusion of an "exelent job"

[oneoff]

You notice how easy it is to pat yourself on the back....but much more difficult to pass out absolutely any tangible evidence.

[tipsy]

oneoff I think you tko'm!!

[sumdumguy]

How many people voted? Apparently there is some sort of election here, but who knows?

[oneoff]

Go to


www.elections.sarm.ca

for all election results in rural municipal elections (this years, and the three previous election years and of course in future years)

And it shouldn't/doesn't suprize anyone that that same Wednesday in October (every second year from now on) is reserved for rural municipal elections.

[freewheat]

RM politics is dryer than last years porridge. At least here. No offense oneoff, I know you take it seriously, and I appreciate it.

[oneoff]

Spoils first; then goes rotten; dries out and still nobody bothers to throw it out.

[farmaholic]

Lol, that is a good description oneoff. An element of truth to it.

[farmaholic]

Division two had 35 votes and division four had 46.

The last contested election(2011) in my division had 73 turn out. And the same year in a different division had 46. In 2011 the councillor of my division ran uncontested for reeve then two new people got nominated to run in his place. There was actually some campaigning done in that election.

These would appear to be small numbers, but rural Sask can be pretty sparsely populated in some areas. You have to wonder how many eligible voters there are in some divisions. Land owners and their spouses then there's the ones who own land but don't live in the R.M. Imagine a married couple who owns a quadter of land in the far S.E. corner of Sask that lives in B.C. the man is a pilot and the women a home maker. But in all honesty they have every right to vote as the guy who owns 20 quarters and farms there.

Any thoughts?