[Image-1] What were you excited to do when you turned 18? For Josh Creighton, the answer is pretty obvious. “I’m more excited to vote in [the municipal election], because I feel like this—it’s closer to home,” says Creighton. “I love the idea of a councillor, how they’re in charge of this area, and their role is […]
Voter turnout
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Getting acclimated to acclamation this election
[Image-1] The race for re-election this year for four Halifax council members turned out to be a non-starter. Councillors Lorelei Nicoll (Cole Harbour-Westphal), Tim Outhit (Bedford-Wentworth), Bill Karsten (Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage) and Steve Craig (Lower Sackville) all won their seats by acclamation. In the 2012 municipal election, Nicoll defeated two challengers and Outhit bested one […]
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Trying to fix voter turnout
[Image-1] Municipal politics determine roads, police, garbage collection, the legality of urban chickens and myriad other services that make up daily life—so why is it so hard to get people to care about municipal elections? Past elections have shown it’s very hard indeed. In Halifax’s 2012 election, voter turnout was just shy of 37 percent, […]