BLOG: Facebook Vote Swapping?

by Melanie — September 19, 2008


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Elections Canada have their panties in a twist over the legal and moral state of a new and popular Facebook group entitled "Anti-Harper Vote Swap Canada". With already more than 1200 members, the very recently created group urges voters to 'swap' their vote from Conservatives to anyone in a supplied list of 41 other ridings, in hopes of keeping the Tories from winning a majority. Some are arguing that this group is immoral and aligned with bribery, while others see it as organized strategic voting. The bottom line, in my opinion, is that when you actually vote nobody will really see who you support, and for the indifferent voters who decide to join this group and not vote Conservative, it is more a question of why people vote for someone in the first place and the Conservatives not doing enough to make an impact with them.

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