Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 18 days agoCalgary’s bizarre low-turnout, high-turnover electionwww.sprawlcalgary.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159external-linkCalgary’s bizarre low-turnout, high-turnover electionwww.sprawlcalgary.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoThat encourages the incumbent, who has the most power to affect laws, to suppress voter turn out as much as possible. It should be that if the voter turnout is below a certain threshold, the incumbent is disqualified from the election.
minus-squaregrey_maniac@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoOh absolutely. If the full turnout isn’t reached, the seats are all forfeit.
That encourages the incumbent, who has the most power to affect laws, to suppress voter turn out as much as possible.
It should be that if the voter turnout is below a certain threshold, the incumbent is disqualified from the election.
Oh absolutely. If the full turnout isn’t reached, the seats are all forfeit.