Coin Toss

Just a little addition to yesterday’s post, regarding voter apathy. There was just an election in PEI that came down to two votes. And on the recount, it was a tie! Which means it came down to a coin toss.

The loser of the coin toss is considering taking it to court. But although the results weren’t final until the recount, I think the results are final now, which means that the newly elected member will sit in legislature during any court case or appeals. Kind of a fait accompli.

Now granted, this was in PEI. The most overrepresented province in the country, where there are three times as many representatives for the population as you’ll find in BC or Alberta. That election might have had only a few thousand votes cast. But still. A tie.

There are probably a lot of people in PEI who regret not voting today. And hopefully the story spreads widely enough that people throughout the country are more likely to vote.