{"id":12965,"date":"2021-05-03T23:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T02:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2021-05-04T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:20:32","slug":"a-voting-expert-weighs-in-on-strategies-for-casting-your-ballot-in-sackville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/a-voting-expert-weighs-in-on-strategies-for-casting-your-ballot-in-sackville\/","title":{"rendered":"A voting expert weighs in on strategies for casting your ballot in Sackville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hear this story as reported on Tantramar Report, May 4, 2021:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Strategic-Voting-piece-May-4-2021.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This coming May 10, Sackville residents are in the enviable position of having lots to choose from when it comes to voting for who will represent their interests in a new town council. There are 12 candidates running for just 8 councillor positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sackville ballots list all twelve candidates in alphabetical order, and voters are asked to \u201cvote for not more than 8.\u201d&nbsp; That means voters are able to vote for fewer than 8 candidates if they choose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHMA spoke with Dean Smith, the president and founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intelivote.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intelivote Systems<\/a>, a company based in Dartmouth and specializing in e-voting, to ask about the implications of this at-large, multi-select ballot system. Smith has more than 20 years experience working in Canadian elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Voting-is-a-chess-move-Solnit.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Voting-is-a-chess-move-Solnit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Voting-is-a-chess-move-Solnit.jpeg 511w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Voting-is-a-chess-move-Solnit-284x300.jpeg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rebecca Solnit was not talking about local Sackville elections when she wrote this in The Nation back in 2016, but still.  Image: Twitter @codepink<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By and large, most people will vote for a full slate of candidates when asked to vote for \u201cup to\u201d a certain number, says Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur studies have shown that on average, almost two thirds of the people\u2013a little over 60%\u2013will actually vote the full number,\u201d says Smith. \u201cSo if for example, you&#8217;re picking eight from a list of 12, they will pick eight. They feel it&#8217;s their duty to do what the ballot tells them they have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there could be a strategic reason for not selecting a full slate, says Smith.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I was a candidate running in the Sackville election, and I wanted to get elected in the councillor race,\u201d says Smith, \u201cI would encourage them to vote for me, only.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith says the \u201csimple math\u201d of an at-large election, or a multi-select ballot, is that if you vote for a person and seven other people, all eight are equal. But if you vote for one person and no others, the weight of that single vote is slightly increased.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStrategic voting is something everybody talks about,\u201d says Smith. \u201cHow do I make sure my candidate gets elected? The system isn&#8217;t really geared so that you can do that, short of the fact that I can put a vote in the ballot box, or I can put eight in the ballot box. And if you only put one in, you&#8217;re incrementing your candidate&#8217;s chances by one more vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, when you don\u2019t vote for a full slate, you give up your say in who doesn\u2019t make the cut. Sometimes, says Smith, people know better who they do not want to vote for, and in those cases, it\u2019s not so much who is on your completed ballot as who is left off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting for only one candidate means your ballot leaves the other 11 candidates on equal footing.&nbsp; Whereas filling in all eight possible choices means you\u2019ve favoured that group of candidates over the remaining four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also worth noting that on Sackville town council, no single councillor can affect change without the support of a majority of others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith says that only about 15% of voters in the studies Intellivote has conducted will vote for a single candidate only.&nbsp; Most vote for a full slate, and others vote for somewhere in between. However, that does not mean that everyone knows all the candidates, says Smith.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s very romantic to think that everybody who&#8217;s going to vote studies the candidates,\u201d says Smith, but, \u201cit simply doesn&#8217;t work that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith says one multi-select election in Thunder Bay had 27 candidates for nine positions. \u201cThat&#8217;s a long list, and people don&#8217;t know them all,\u201d says Smith. \u201cSo they&#8217;ll jump around and look for people who have, you know, readable names. Some people make decisions based on ethnicity, because of the name of the person. There&#8217;s all kinds of factors.\u201d Even the order that names appear on the ballot can affect vote choices, says Smith, favouring those listed first. (Elections NB lists names alphabetically.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a sample ballot from Elections NB, used for training purposes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1-515x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1-515x1024.png 515w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1-151x300.png 151w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1-768x1527.png 768w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1-772x1536.png 772w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1-1030x2048.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Training-Ballots-6002-1-1320x2625.png 1320w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A training ballot from Elections NB, showing contests for mayor, council, District Education Council and Regional Health Authority board seats. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sackville voters have had two days of advanced polling so far, and have until the closing of polls on May 10 to cast their vote.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre will be open 10am to 8pm on election day, May 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more CHMA local election coverage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/local-elections-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHMA speaks with a voting expert to find out how Sackville locals can vote strategically in the upcoming municipal election. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[472,492,482,560,558],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-daily-news","category-front-page","category-local-elections-2021","category-weekly"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A voting expert weighs in on strategies for casting your ballot in Sackville &#187; 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