# So, we voted today (Canadian election) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 12, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690 "2019-10-12T19:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ice\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ice\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Machine)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690/21 "2019-10-14T19:50:32Z")
I plan to complete and mail off my special ballot today. I only found out several weeks back that I was eligible to vote. I had assumed since I haven’t been a resident for more than 20 years that I couldn’t vote but found out that had changed a few years back. When I found out went online and registered and just received my package end of last week. For mine there are are no names, you have to write in the candidate you choose. My riding is based on my last Canadian address. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690/22 "2019-10-15T05:37:41Z")
> [@moes\_lotion](#): > > I usually wait for election day to vote, my polling station is less than a 3 minute walk from my front door and I like the slightly heightened buzz from having more people around. I’m the same. Well, my local polling station has moved since last time around, so now it’s more of a ten-minute walk; but heck, I could use the exercise. Anyway, it shouldn’t take more than ten minutes tops, inside the station. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690/23 "2019-10-15T20:14:14Z")
Best wishes to all our neighbors in the Great White North - may you vote wisely, and may Canadian democracy long thrive! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690/24 "2019-10-16T06:11:51Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Our voting rolls are based on our income tax returns. When you file your return, there’s a box to tick if you want the tax people to transmit your name and address to Elections Canada. In my state, if you get a driver’s license, you get registered to vote. Any change of address at the DMV gets passed along to the Elections Office, too. As far as too many positions to vote for, yeah, I can’t argue with that. I’m still not sure why they haven’t changed the Soil and Water Conservation District so that suburbanites don’t vote for the members of its board. I mean, it’s really something for farmers, isn’t it? Anyway, they mail ballots to everyone in this state about three weeks before the election and I can fill it out in the comfort of my own home. And then mail it back or drop it off at a convenient location. No need to run down to the precinct polling place. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690/25 "2019-10-16T06:36:25Z")
I’m in the other CA (the one between Oregon and Baja) and I won’t get to vote for awhile yet but it’ll be easy. We’re mailed ballots ahead of time. We wield our pencils, seal the envelopes, and drop them off at the county office a half-hour drive sown the mountain. Or we could cruise north and mail our ballots from Vancouver BC. 😉 I’m a Green so I know my vote won’t count for shit here, but I have a choice: vote for what I want and don’t get it, or vote for what I don’t want and DO get it. At least I’m sure my paper ballot will be counted and verified in my rural county. Non-auditable vote systems are satanic. I wonder if most in the US will notice anything happening up north. We ignore the rest of the continent and world fairly thoroughly. What, Earth is globular, not flat? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690.md?page=1)