Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoCalgary’s bizarre low-turnout, high-turnover electionwww.sprawlcalgary.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkCalgary’s bizarre low-turnout, high-turnover electionwww.sprawlcalgary.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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.