CBC : Marc-Boris St. Maurice is running in the downtown Montreal riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie against Gilles Duceppe.
"...St-Maurice said one in four Canadians admit to trying marijuana or hashish at least once. "If all those people voted for the Marijuana Party, I would be the Prime Minister," he said. Other parties have mentioned this issue during the campaign. The Canadian Alliance said it would allow a free vote on decriminalization. But St-Maurice is skeptical. He said Stockwell Day is trying to look cool by bringing up the marijuana issue and that's totally unacceptable." Enough said.
Administration and Cost of Elections Project : Ballot Design
"While there are common factors in "mark choice" ballot design, the manner in which they are implemented provides a wide array of different styles and possible permutations. While the following examples are by no means an exhaustive review, they do give an indication of the range of possibilities in current ballot designs."
Ellen Ullman : Hurrah for slow recounts
"The act of voting, to put it in computing terms, is a question of user interface. What sort of physical representation do we want to give to this most central act of citizenship? Here on one side is the browser window, looking in essence like every other Web page -- the usual form to fill out, the inevitable button at the bottom which everyone has somehow decided should be labeled "Submit." And on the other is the polling place: that slightly ramshackle affair of rec rooms and church basements and garages, where poll workers, usually retired people, run a gnarled hand down the voter roll looking for your name; that place of large purposes and small human fumblings."
Hour : It's not the internet, stupid
"Here's a look at the net-savvy parts of each platforms, focussing on the Red Book of futureman Jean Chrétien's Liberals."
Gallery 101 : Boxes & Borders
"is a collaborative project focusing on the artistic exploration of identities within the context of cross-cultural relationships. The premise of the project is that the global economy, with its exchange of products-and consequently culture-has radically transformed local identities that once were disconnected."
Database Debunkings
"The Forum Where Database Matters Are Set Straight."