Family member lives in supportive living occupies. Received voter card withnher name and what we guessed was previous occupant. I helped family member log on to Elections Alberta website, delete previous occupants name. East peasy. So many ways to verify ID but as you noted the lack of checks by Elections Alberta is shocking. More flaws to be exposed I'm sure.
Old friend Ken .... I appreciate the avoidance of humorous or sarcastic comments - what you wrote is downright a-political, a public service and probably worth the billable-hour you consumed!
I too have an extra voter's list mailer - one for my address, in case I've died or been replaced by a new occupant, and I expect the other is for my dad who died 9 years ago, so somewhere it must say 'hasn't voted in a while, maybe he's gone ....'
I have a suggestion - having recently acquire my access to my 'Alberta Health Record' ... since everyone with an Alberta Health card/#, that could the place for adding a notation that says 'HE IS DEAD', or 'SHE IS DEAD', or 'hasn't voted or visited a doctor in a while'; so, you see, if you merged the voters list with Alberta health record computer programs, it would be easy to update a voters list; all children, upon turning 18, would automatically roll onto the roll ... so to speak.
Having been an enumerator and a scrutineer in many municipal and provincial elections, I'm sure that a handful of us could Make the System Great Again, without too much trouble, because it has always been reliable, and seriously - who questions the list when one party gets into power and stays there with massive majorities for 40+ years?
Too much social media, too much Trump-creep (duality of a term if there ever was one), and too much a-doo-ing about this will put you to sleep.
By the way, if your 'estate client' is our mutual friend BS, the middle name is Louise ... which I knew, but I googled her obituary just to be sure.
Cheers,
Mark
p.s. I subscribed to your Substack publication, but I didn't see that you signed up to either of mine ... c'mon Ken, you can do it!
and, something new as a 'section' under the Monday Morning Minute publication (1st of probably 4 or 5 titles) available for free at the moment, but these will be for 'paid MMS subscribers only' ... R.E.I.T. rag https://markkolke.substack.com/p/reit-rag-april-16-2023
Please sign up as a 'free member' to each - though I DO want your money, I want you to do some tasting first, and then we can 'recommend each other's publications to our readers.
Also, as I mentioned the other day, I think this election will be close - but not so much for all the reasons most journalists are busy spilling ink on.
It's partly old 'Bill Clinton mantra' - it's the economy, stupid!
and voting with their feet, or by sitting on the couch.
Notley did a superb job with a horrible hand she was dealt because of Prentice et al fucking up, and so far Smith is proving she is what she's talked about for years, bat-shit crazy, flip-flopping to please the noisiest of her weird-shit supporters she panders to. Between now and election day, I think both leaders will be exposed, revealed, and held to account for 'being who they are', who they've proven to be - and the test will be how that squares with the promises being made.
I remember in da good ole days, the folks who got the credit were usually the lucky ones in office in good times, and the unsung heroes were the ones kept everything together during very tough times. It was easy for Dinning and Day . each had their turn as Treasurer, but the only reason they looked so good at it was 'the accident of good timing for commodity prices' while they were in office, and the yeoman services of Dick Johnston and Chip Collins.
Family member lives in supportive living occupies. Received voter card withnher name and what we guessed was previous occupant. I helped family member log on to Elections Alberta website, delete previous occupants name. East peasy. So many ways to verify ID but as you noted the lack of checks by Elections Alberta is shocking. More flaws to be exposed I'm sure.
Old friend Ken .... I appreciate the avoidance of humorous or sarcastic comments - what you wrote is downright a-political, a public service and probably worth the billable-hour you consumed!
I too have an extra voter's list mailer - one for my address, in case I've died or been replaced by a new occupant, and I expect the other is for my dad who died 9 years ago, so somewhere it must say 'hasn't voted in a while, maybe he's gone ....'
I have a suggestion - having recently acquire my access to my 'Alberta Health Record' ... since everyone with an Alberta Health card/#, that could the place for adding a notation that says 'HE IS DEAD', or 'SHE IS DEAD', or 'hasn't voted or visited a doctor in a while'; so, you see, if you merged the voters list with Alberta health record computer programs, it would be easy to update a voters list; all children, upon turning 18, would automatically roll onto the roll ... so to speak.
Having been an enumerator and a scrutineer in many municipal and provincial elections, I'm sure that a handful of us could Make the System Great Again, without too much trouble, because it has always been reliable, and seriously - who questions the list when one party gets into power and stays there with massive majorities for 40+ years?
Too much social media, too much Trump-creep (duality of a term if there ever was one), and too much a-doo-ing about this will put you to sleep.
By the way, if your 'estate client' is our mutual friend BS, the middle name is Louise ... which I knew, but I googled her obituary just to be sure.
Cheers,
Mark
p.s. I subscribed to your Substack publication, but I didn't see that you signed up to either of mine ... c'mon Ken, you can do it!
Where do I subscribe? I will be there
Here you go:
Musings - published daily (in my 21st yr.) ... today's column: https://markmusing.substack.com/p/what-did-you-learn-today
.. you can sign up when you read it
Monday Morning Minute - more than 4 1/2 years now ... - this week's issue: https://markkolke.substack.com/p/monday-morning-minute-april-17-2023
and, something new as a 'section' under the Monday Morning Minute publication (1st of probably 4 or 5 titles) available for free at the moment, but these will be for 'paid MMS subscribers only' ... R.E.I.T. rag https://markkolke.substack.com/p/reit-rag-april-16-2023
Please sign up as a 'free member' to each - though I DO want your money, I want you to do some tasting first, and then we can 'recommend each other's publications to our readers.
Also, as I mentioned the other day, I think this election will be close - but not so much for all the reasons most journalists are busy spilling ink on.
It's partly old 'Bill Clinton mantra' - it's the economy, stupid!
and voting with their feet, or by sitting on the couch.
Notley did a superb job with a horrible hand she was dealt because of Prentice et al fucking up, and so far Smith is proving she is what she's talked about for years, bat-shit crazy, flip-flopping to please the noisiest of her weird-shit supporters she panders to. Between now and election day, I think both leaders will be exposed, revealed, and held to account for 'being who they are', who they've proven to be - and the test will be how that squares with the promises being made.
I remember in da good ole days, the folks who got the credit were usually the lucky ones in office in good times, and the unsung heroes were the ones kept everything together during very tough times. It was easy for Dinning and Day . each had their turn as Treasurer, but the only reason they looked so good at it was 'the accident of good timing for commodity prices' while they were in office, and the yeoman services of Dick Johnston and Chip Collins.