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Municipal Politics
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policyenthusiast
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constance_chlore
Active Member
It's not shocking that there are a lot of people who want to make this A Thing, but it's not A Thing, at least if the Western Standard article is all we have to go on. By the standard they use, I'd bet that most of the councillors should've recused themselves.
wormwood
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Let's not be blind to stuff though. I lean left and am suspicious of the connections here. YEG Garden Suites even received funding from the City of Edmonton while she was councilor. I like her and align with her, but I don't think the two worlds can ethically mix. Anyone can see what's out there. I don't discount certain sources just because they are right leaning. There are points you can't ignore.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Question is will Farkas want it replaced with something improved (removing parking minimums) or reactionary (restricting affordable housing).
CplKlinger
Senior Member
100% of ballots are now counted, and Morgan maintained similar margin.Who is running this popsicle stand?
Morgan increases Ward Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi margin after Edmonton Elections finds unconfirmed ballots
Edmonton Ward Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi race is back on after Edmonton Elections finds uncounted ballot boxes.edmontonjournal.com
Friendmonton
Active Member
Looks like Thu Parmar wins Sipi in the recount. But to go from -6 votes to +600 is a wild recount. What is going on with the Elections team?! They must have missed a whole box! If I was any of the other candidates and I had lost by even a moderate margin, I'd be asking for a recount.
TAS
Senior Member
Ballot boxes were also missed in Ward Metis and another ward, but those vote differences were significant enough that they are not expected to impact results.
Pretty crazy to see that big a change in this vote count.
TAS
Senior Member
What is crazy is Friesen's vote count went down 20 votes and hers increased by more than 600. What is going on.
Original result he has 6060
New result with new ballots counted, he has 6040.
Original result he has 6060
New result with new ballots counted, he has 6040.
Seamusmuldrew
Active Member
I’m thinking Rajah Maggay will ask for a recount given she lost by well under 600 votes
constance_chlore
Active Member
If I were Friesen I'd want a full report of everything that went down.
TAS
Senior Member
Yup, also strange that with his original total of 6060 votes, he had 27.34% of the total vote.
Now, with fewer votes, 6040, he actually has a higher % of the total vote at 27.5%. That means the total vote count overall had to have dropped even though 600+ extra votes were added to her total.
I expect there is a 'reasonable' explanation for it all - I look forward to hearing what happened.
ntt1
Active Member
Well, this certainly doesn't help certain perceptions around the election. Yeesh.
husky
Active Member
Ohhh boy.
That said, it looks like a lot of the votes actually came from Roger Kotch so I'm curious if the results were misentered. Not that it makes anything better because it draws a lot more into question.
That said, it looks like a lot of the votes actually came from Roger Kotch so I'm curious if the results were misentered. Not that it makes anything better because it draws a lot more into question.
TAS
Senior Member
Well if the city wanted to make the case through negligence that Vote Tabulator Machines are better, they certainly have done so whether intentional or not.