rabble.ca series - Harper Fair Elections Act

rabble.ca series - Harper's (un)Fair Elections Act

A round up of content on the Harper Fair Elections Act, and what we can do about it

 

Image: Flickr/Gage Skidmore
Oct 17 2016 | by Karl Nerenberg | In Canada, we still have Harper's Fair Elections Act and electoral reform is still far from a reality. In the U.S., the system produces perverse incentives while depriving millions of the vote.
Nov 7 2015 Three things you can do to make sure that the next election is more fair.
Image: Flickr/pmwebphotos
Oct 18 2015 | by Michael Keefer | This essay provides additional evidence of investigative slackness, and then analyzes the Harper Conservatives' continued involvement in telephone fraud and vote suppression.
Oct 13 2015 You do not need to register before heading to the polls
Photo: flickr/ Sean Connors
Oct 13 2015 | by Karl Nerenberg | Elections Canada temporary staff tried turning away people with valid ID. Do not let that happen to you. Know the law and know your rights.
Oct 13 2015 | by Dylan Penner | The outcome of election 2015 is far from certain. And when Harper loses it will be -- at least in part -- because movements showed him the door.
Oct 8 2015 "Canada Post's material clearly qualifies as election advertising," said Mike Palecek, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
Oct 5 2015 As a force for change, most people in so-called democracies like Canada look to political parties and elections as their most potent device. But this has not been the case for Indigenous people.
Sep 25 2015 | by Koba Konesavarathan | Is the fair election process a product of removing the voice of certain candidates? Is the democratic ruling achieved by sacrificing the democratic rights of marginalized candidates?
Photo: Dennis S. Hurd/flickr
Sep 21 2015 | by Ralph Surette | Are you sure you can vote this election? The centrepiece of the Harper government's assault on democratic process, the Fair Elections Act, may stand in your way.