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1/8 Some thoughts on the mess in the #NLVotes
First - not an insignificant number of people - including seniors, those with literacy challenges and those who live in rural areas will be disenfranchised by this decision. I expect precedent setting litigation #covid19nfld
First - not an insignificant number of people - including seniors, those with literacy challenges and those who live in rural areas will be disenfranchised by this decision. I expect precedent setting litigation #covid19nfld
2/8 Weak seams in democracy appear where least expected
Like when you vote in 🇨🇦 you first speak to a little old lady or bored undergrad who hands you a ballot & crosses off your name in a little book
If poll workers are too scared to work entire electoral process stops working
Like when you vote in 🇨🇦 you first speak to a little old lady or bored undergrad who hands you a ballot & crosses off your name in a little book
If poll workers are too scared to work entire electoral process stops working
3/8 With hindsight there is hubris in @FureyAndrew’s decision to call this vote. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians don’t have a magic power that repels the virus
A lesson for 🇨🇦, too If Trudeau’s vaccine crisis hadn’t already cooled his ardour for a spring election, this may have
A lesson for 🇨🇦, too If Trudeau’s vaccine crisis hadn’t already cooled his ardour for a spring election, this may have
