I doubt that the NDP will get much more than 5-6 seats in SK, ricky. Believe me, I've been told all about the history of the CCF and NDP by my cousin's hubby, and it would be cool if they could dominate the state again, but it seems unlikely.
I wonder if Harper's turn about to attack Layton and his party will work as well as it did against Ignatieff?
Will it look more like fear of losing or nastiness than the behaviour of a man who should be given a safe and secure majority?
If he doesn't make a net gain in seats, will he (and ME) concede that he's lost the election?
Harper can count on his base now, and just a bit more. His base is 30%. The Conservatives, in previous incarnations, have rarely fallen below that number.
It would be cool if they could dominate the state again, but it seems unlikely.
BTW we have some ridicuolous laws about not reporting, including tweating, election results before the polls close.
Why is that ridiculous ? Seems pretty sensible to me.
.You could solve the problem by simply delaying the count in the eastern provinces
PREMATURE TRANSMISSION
Prohibition — premature transmission of results
329. No person shall transmit the result or purported result of the vote in an electoral district to the public in another electoral district before the close of all of the polling stations in that other electoral district.
yes. It's not js hard as you thinkrickyp wrote:Do we delay the counting?
No, it's actually very simple. Think for more than one second, I'm sure it'll come to youIn Newf they simply sit around for 4 and half hours watching the box? They can't start counting till 1:30 in the morning?
It seems pretty convoluted and inconvenient.
How long does a count normally last, a few hours ?
If the Conservatives win more seats than any other single party in Parliament then they have won the election.