I can't believe that it was more than 20 days ago that I was last on here. Things have been quite busy and I guess its just a matter of ach, I'll do it tomorrow. Well buddy, tomorrow is here, now. I've got a few things to share with you so here goes.
Thursday, May 5th, at 7 PM, out at the Ardmore Community Centre, the Bonnyville-Cold Lake PC Association is holding a final Annual General Meeting and founding meeting for a new association at the same time. This occurs when they redraw the constituency boundaries as they did when four new constituencies where added to the mix last year - one each in Edmonton and Ft. McMurray and two in Calgary.
The biggest problem I'm running into is I can't find a map of the new divisions. Oh there's one for Edmonton and one for Calgary but the rest of us are in the dark. As near as I can figure we lost about a mile off the south end of this constituency so it doesn't affect us that much but we'd like to know. I tried searching different ways and always ended back up at the Elections Alberta web site with their Edmonton & Calgary maps but nothing on the rural ridings. What a bunch of horse shit. Here's more of the blah blah blah from another site that tells you all about the reasons why. Enjoy. I'm going to have some scrambled eggs!
OH, please come out to the meeting, help elect a new executive and talk to your MLA about where to find the map.
The difficult decisions surrounding an election are not all made by voters. One of these decisions is how to divide the province into voting districts or constituencies, each of which has one MLA. Constituency boundary lines are normally determined by a special body called the Electoral Boundaries Commission.
The commission draws the boundaries on the basis of population, common community interests, geographical area, natural boundaries such as rivers, and other considerations. Its decisions are guided by a law called the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act. According to the Act, the commission must evaluate and recommend any changes to the present boundaries following every second provincial election. These changes must become part of a new Act before they can take effect. This Act is introduced in the Assembly; then members debate it and finally vote on it.
One of the busiest offices around election time is Elections Alberta, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. This office divides constituencies into polling districts (so that voters don't have to go a long way to cast their ballots), hires enumerators to count the voters and returning officers to count the votes, makes sure voting is conducted according to the rules, takes care of all election paperwork, and, finally, issues the official election results.
Constituencies and boundary rules are constantly changing. For the most current information on Alberta's constituencies and boundary rules, please visit the Elections Alberta website!
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