[kwlug-disc] [...] Waterloo Region Votes (Oct 2022)

[Doug Moen]

I've passed on the Waterloo Region Votes URL to 6 people so far, and it's been super helpful to some.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2022, at 1:13 AM, Ronald Barnes wrote:
> Paul Nijjar via kwlug-announce wrote on 2022-10-01 08:45:
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>> https://waterlooregionvotes.org  , an information hub for the municipal
>> election happening on October 24 put together by CivicTechWR.
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> CBC Radio 1 interviewed the guy behind Vote Mate - a similar site for BC.
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> He began when he was 15yo and peeved that he couldn't yet vote yet those 
> that could vote did not.
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> He's done a really nice job of it!
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> A random example of independent (wacko) running for Vancouver Council:
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> https://votemate.org/c/7586?riding=24&t=about
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> Slick interface, source code is very clean, I don't recognize any 
> framework traces in there.
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> We've got ~10 parties running in the municipal election, plus parks 
> board, plus school board; really need to read up on who's who.
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> Glad I found this site. It doesn't have the depth of research as 
> WRVotes, but there may be some ideas worth incorporating?
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> rb
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