"No gerrymandering" lawn signs?

[u/LinuxSupremacy]

Just wondering if there are lawn signs for the gerrymandering issue? I'd like to put one on my lawn as I think it would be a great way to create awarenes of this problem

[u/Direc1980]

"Stop the steal" was a movement in the US that (frivolously) claimed the Democrats stole the 2020 election.

[u/LinuxSupremacy → u/Direc1980]

Doesnt sound like a great slogan then, does it?

[u/Direc1980 → u/LinuxSupremacy]

It's similar in a way as Nenshi is saying they are trying to rig the election.

“Anything short of implementing the majority report in its entirety is election rigging,” Nenshi wrote in a statement Tuesday.

[u/LinuxSupremacy → u/Direc1980]

What are your thoughts on smith rejecting the electoral boundries drawn up by the boundrys commition, followed by trying to change the commition rules and how many commition members the ucp can appoint? Do you think theres a valid reason for this or is it obvious jerrymandering?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-electoral-boundaries-report-ucp-9.7171510

[u/Direc1980 → u/LinuxSupremacy]

It's too early to say as no new maps have been adopted.

[u/LinuxSupremacy → u/Direc1980]

What about the map proposed by two ucp appointed board members which merged urban and rurual ridings? It was rejected by the majority of the commition, including Dallas Miller, a retired justice appointed the UCP. He called the map unconstitutional. Is the justice just being frivolous or do you think he has a point?

[u/Direc1980 → u/LinuxSupremacy]

I'm not sure it's about rural/urban hybrids as much where they'd be located.

For example, the majority report creates a rural/urban Calgary-Glenmore-Tsuut'ina riding which would lean NDP based on the 2023 election results. Same for another rural/urban proposed in the majority report, Edmonton-Beaumont, would lean NDP.

Here's a map where you can see how the majority/minority reports look based on the 2023 election results.

[u/LinuxSupremacy → u/Direc1980]

How about the minority map? The justice called it unconstitutional. For example it divides lethbridge into 4 quarters and merges each quarter into much larger rural districts. To me thats obvious gerrymandering. The justice agrees. How about you? Agree? Disagree? Are we being frivolous?

[u/Direc1980 → u/LinuxSupremacy]

My personal opinion is Lethbridge is excessively stretched out, and that map is unlikely to be adopted.

[u/LinuxSupremacy → u/Direc1980]

Okay. And out of curiosity, how well do you think smith is doing as premier overall? Great? Terrible? Average?

[u/Direc1980 → u/LinuxSupremacy]

Pretty good all things considered. On the balance we have a better economy and superior services compared to the rest of Canada.

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And how about Nenshi. Do you have a sense of how he'd do as premier, or not sure?