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To: WillP who wrote (452)	11/26/2000 4:52:21 PM
From: teevee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37601

Willp, I realize I should meekly trot off tomorrow and carve an X for my local Liberal candidate, who was duly selected by the real electors - the local Liberal constituency association. I remain just too much of a renegade to do that, however. I think I will mark a big black X for my local Alliance candidate. sigh....this is actually a serious problem for us when there are a number of like minded voters such as yourself in any one constituency. That is why in a well run political organization like the Liberal Party of Canada, we do our best to ensure that the Returning Officer for as many electoral districts as possible is an elite member of the Liberal Party who will do his or her best to ensure that each poll is entirely staffed by card carrying Liberal Party of Canada members. Thankfully, other parties fail to provide sufficient numbers of scrutineers to cover all polls, especially in closely contested ridings. I can assure you that a 3rd consecutive majority Liberal government is a certainty. Ask yourself, are you working as a district returning officer or poll clerk or volunteering as a scrutineer come November 27th?

To: WillP who wrote (452)	11/26/2000 5:45:55 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37601

...the real electors - the local Liberal constituency association... Not quite the real electors. A few years ago, at a Liberal riding association in Southern Ontario, a group of gun-nuts got together, joined the Liberal party in large numbers, and voted themselves into executive positions at the constituency level, with the aim of running a candidate who would oppose the gun control measures the Liberals were in the process of introducing. The Prime Minister responded to this by saying that if he doesn't approve of whoever they select, he, as leader, will simply not sign the required papers. How does this differ from a dictatorship? Cheers, PW.