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Attention: Last Minute Canadian Voters

This morning in the Globe and Mail they indicated that undecided voter decisions would come down to turkey talk.  That being conversations and opinions of family members during Thanksgiving meals.  Just south of the border in the United States an election is also brewing, and both campaigns there are using the internet as a political tool.  This, as widely publicized already, is making splashes all over the world and revolutionizing the way a campaign is now to operate.  Not only is this taking place in the United States, but we too in Canada are making use of the internet to spread political Tweets and off the cuff opinions.   With the Canadian election coming up just after the long weekend (Oct 14th), as usual there appear to still be a large number of undecided voters.  For all you turkey trimming swingers here are a couple online resources to assist you in making your own last minute voting decision:
  • Theundecided.ca - This site identifies key issues showing where differentiating stand and lets you pick.  Once you have decided on the issue you can rank the point based on how important it is to you.  You are then given a percentage of your agreement with each of the five major parties.
  • Electionopinion.ca - This site is a feed combining all the major Canadian parties Twitter posts.  It won't necessarily show you each parties platform but it will give you a look at their campaign itself and various publications related to the campaign trails.
  • CTV Poll Tracker - The CTV poll tracker is useful in identifying trends in popularity and determining which regions are swing regions.  The CTV also has other useful links so click around.
  • CBC Voter Toolkit - The CBC has many useful resources for identifying your riding and your ridings historical trends.  Take a moment to enter your postal code and see which candidates are running in your riding and what your riding has historical been.  It may give you a new perspective on the area you vote in and the canditates you're actually voting for.
  • Elections Canada - At Elections Canada you can find information about your riding and where you can go to vote as well as the hours of operations.
This is by no means a complete list of all the online resources for the Canadian 2008 elections.  It is meant as a starting point for those who are undecided and would like a little more information before Tuesday.  Each party and many candidates also have websites which can be easily found through a Google search.
 
This is a very important time to vote.  Don't wait till Tuesday at the polls to make a snap decision, there's far too much at stake.