In general, my instinct is I'd prefer an NDP led minority government that is dependent on both Liberal and Green Support.
But I reserve the right to change my mind as platforms emerge.
I'd be happy to have the PCs have input under normal circumstances (the recent backstabbing and incompetence notwithstanding).... but please let's keep Mr. Ford away from the reigns of power.
Yeah, this sounds agreeable to me.
No disagreement here. I favour Mixed Member Proportional Representation with a 5% minimum threshold for seats.
I do so because I believe in a diversity of views; and in the sharing of power between competing and co-operative constituencies.
Same, with the addition of not being able to stand the absurdity of false majorities. Honestly, it's like someone pissed in my tea with those things....my tea!
You can legally protest by formally declining to vote, as per this article. Though they don't record a reason.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/i-decline-a-guide-to-refusing-your-ontario-ballot
However, I'm pretty sure igniting your ballot would not go over well, and might just get you in a wee bit of trouble, LOL.
How much trouble? Might be worth it. I love fires and have nothing but disdain for our electoral system, it could be worth the trouble. Besides, if my polling station is in my building's lobby then there's no worry, this whole building is a mass of sprinklers.
See, I'm not even necessarily of the mind to be able to vote "None of the Above" (though think that should be included on the ballot). I know who I want to vote for it's just that I think I've had it with my vote not counting after voting in every provincial and federal election since 2003.
I mean, for me, it would be ideal if "Stuff Your Bullshit Electoral System" was on the ballot, if anything.
My protest is against how we choose our representatives, not against the potential representatives on offer. Though, to be honest......a lot of riff raff in there.
So, do I vote for who I want to vote for as a show of support and as show of my values or do I give up because there is no point?
It's very disheartening. I may as well be voting in a Russian or Egyptian pseudoelection, to be honest. I have the same amount of power in choosing my representative as people over there do. And that's just a sad joke.
What's the difference between Putin's shady election win, for example, and one of our false majorities where ~35% of votes cast by ~65% of electors chooses a government that has all the power?
How the hell is 20% of the age of majority's support a mandate for anything? I can answer that: it's not.
It's a mandate for working with others in the interests of all and not a mandate to impose your will on all of us if anything.
Burn my ballot? Vote for naught? Decline? Abstain? Ignore? Explain to the volunteers why I'm not voting (like they give a funk)?