I've written a lot lately on my blog about the prisoner's dilemma
which voters face in this election. And I even danced with the idea,
for the first time in my voting life, of voting "strategically."

But after careful consideration, examining the arguments pro and con,
I decided against it. I caution anyone who's considering such a vote,
to think hard about it, to think what this party or that is asking
voters who are not their customary supporters to do.

Yesterday, I wrote a post which pretty much summarizes why I think
strategic voting is a misguided exercise and simply wrong.

Rae: Liberals should target NDP
http://tinyurl.com/4xtnu3

See also posts under the tag "Voter decision-making" - Arguments both
pro and con are provided, along with their sources, as are links to
strategic voting guides.
http://tinyurl.com/4thc4n

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WISE Book - Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the front
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Personal Blog: Challenging the Commonplace - and other irreverent activities
http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/

See also Fair Vote Canada's home for abandoned, neglected and abused voters -
http://www.orphanvoters.ca/




2008/10/4 Ricardo Grinspun <[log in to unmask]>
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> A big thank you from all of us at VoteForEnvironment. Your overwhelming response has exceeded our wildest dreams and we really believe that together we can all make a difference, thanks to your great response.
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> The national debates have wrapped up and Canadians are really starting to think about which party they will cast their vote for.
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> Regardless of what the politicians say for the rest of this campaign, the reality is that there is a massive online conversation underway across Canada amongst voters about the environment, global warming and strategic voting.
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> The Vote For Environment project has reached thousands of Canadians (121,461 to be exact) in the last week - people are telling us that they are emailing and facebooking the Vote For Environment website to everyone they know.
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> And this conversation will continue whether Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party want it or not. Harper's government refuses to take action on this issue. Heck even John McCain and the Republicans are planning to do more than Harper.
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> There is still 12 days to go before Canada goes to the voting booth and there's still plenty of time to convince Canadians to put their concern about the environment ahead of partisan politics.
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> So please keep sending the Vote For Environment website to everyone you know and ask them to send it to everyone they know. What else can you do?
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> Avez-vous regardé le débat des chefs?
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> Le débat des chefs a permis à la plupart des Canadiens et Canadiennes de réellement déterminer quel parti mérite leur vote. Malgré l'influence du débat et ce que diront les chefs de parti d'ici la fin de la campagne, un fait demeure. C'est qu'un cours de cette campagne, un mouvement sans précédent de mobilisation s'est organisé autour des sujets de l'environnement, des changements climatiques et du vote stratégique.
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> Partout à travers le Canada, le projet Voter pour l'environnement (VPE) connaît actuellement un vif succès. Au cours de la dernière semaine, des milliers de Canadiens -121 461 pour être exact- ont visité le site! Ce record a été rendu possible grâce à tous ces internautes qui transmettent le lien de VPE par courriel, Facebook et autres sites de réseautage.
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> Que Stephen Harper et les conservateurs le veuillent ou non, le mouvement continue de grandir et la mobilisation se poursuit. Pourtant, les conservateurs refusent encore de se prononcer sur la question environnementale. Alors que même les républicains de John McCain prévoient plus d'actions vertes!
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> Très bientôt les citoyens canadiens se rendront aux urnes. Mais il reste encore 12 jours pour convaincre le plus de gens possible de penser à l'environnement au moment de voter, plutôt que de favoriser le vote partisan.
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