I just finished updating my Election Information page for the municipal election.
Among those changes are the date. The elections were normally held in November (usually the second Monday of the month) but thats been changed to the new date of…
MONDAY OCTOBER 25th, 2010.
There were a number of reasons behind the change as to make the voting hours happend during Daylight Savings Time, and to avoid the hustle and bustle of Halloween as well.
As I have previously posted, there are changes to the ward boundaries as well as how your councillors will be elected. Milton has gone from a 4 ward / 2 councillors per ward system to an 8 ward / 1 councillor per ward system.
If we apply these changes to the last election, Rick Day only would have been elected for our ward, while Brian Penman and myself would not have made it.
While knocking on a few doors recently, I discovered close to 80% of of those I spoke with were NOT aware of the changes and didnt know who their current councillor was. Voter turnout is always an issue with the last few elections showing a disturbing trend of going down each year.
Lets try to make 2010 buck the trend and have more people vote…more people engaged in the system and being involved in the process. Email me mike@mikecluett.ca if you want to know more about getting involved in this years municipal election.
I’ll see you at the doors.
Thanks for the info Mike. I guess I was one of those 80% you talked to because I had no clue about the changes until you showed me.
Good luck in the campaign!
I cant beleive still that you almost won, but missing 92 votes…thats so close. Especially with the other two councillors being there for 30 years each!
This time around will be different Mike…Im sure of it.