[RP TownTalk] Election Results

[Regina M. Kreger]

But Lou, don't those numbers of residents include children and non-citizens?

Lou King wrote:

>Another result of the election that the "Post" article pointed out was 
>the lack of candidates. The lack of voters didn't merit a comment even 
>though they reported Ward 6 as 19-to-9 victory for Allen-Smith (can we 
>call that a 2:1 landslide?).
>
>One of the things I saw in the election was: In Riverdale, 6,600 
>residents, there are only 2,447 registered voters on the book and only 
>503 of those took time to vote. 1/3 are registered, and 1/5 of those 
>voted. This is a record?
>
>Even looking at it by ward doesn't make the picture any better.  Take 
>Ward 1. ~1,100 residents, 709 registered, 208 voters. Less than 20% of 
>the residents voted in a contested race. Less than a third of the 
>registered voters participated.
>
>On the other hand there are 8 people in Ward 5 that should get some kind 
>of an award! No ward candidate, an uncontested mayoral election and they 
>show up!
>
>Lou
>
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