Well we're almost there! Today the advance polls opened. You can vote all weekend. We went to our local polling station about an hour after they opened, expecting a short wait but it was busy. When we left, there were at least twenty people in line! I wonder if this is usual or is this a predictor of a higher than usual voter turnout? I cannot remember such interest in an election or so many groups working so hard to defeat the sitting government. This week Rick Mercer used his season-opening rant to encourage voter turnout.
There's a great site which encourages strategic voting. They have identified swing ridings across the country. My riding of Ottawa Centre will probably go NDP again, although Liberal Catherine McKenna will likely close the gap from the last election. Presuming that Paul Dewar does not need my help, I have offered to work in the riding of Nepean (for the Liberals) on election day. There, the Conservative and Liberal candidates are running neck and neck so every vote will count.
Today I heard Harper's radio ad, that warned of a $1000.00 tax grab by the Liberals, if elected. Harper spoke in a friendly, concerned fashion and ended with, "We'll talk tomorrow." So does this mean he will air a new radio ad every day, now until the election? We really are headed into a very intense phase of this long campaign.
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