Election Day

Election Day

It is Election Day here in Canada. I’ve read lots of blogs that rant and rave about candidates, parties and leaders…but I’m not that political, so my Election Day rant is actually about my polling station.

Look in the pictures below… that is an aerial shot of me and Corey’s home.

So, you see our house in the middle of the picture, and if you follow the arrow across our backyard, you’ll see the half circle, that is our community centre.

The community centre is obviously adjacent to your backyard and it is also a polling station for the federal election. When Corey and I heard this we were excited: “Oh great! All we have to do is walk across our backyard to vote.” But sadly, we were wrong.

Even though the polling station is basically in our backyard, we have to drive 10 minutes to vote. Isn’t that crazy!

I’m shocked… and I find it hilarious! Instead of a two second walk, we have to drive 20 minutes to vote (10min there and 10min back). I understand that you have to set boundary lines for the polling districts, but don’t you think that the polling station should be in the middle of the district, not on the edge of the district line? This is a bit crazy if you ask me.

So tonight after I get home from work Corey and I will drive the 10 minutes to cast our votes. Best of luck to all the candidates! And for all those Canadians of age, please remember to vote before 8:30pm today!