Catch 22's Blog – May 2011 Archive (2)

Catch 22's first look at the election...

This is a high level summary of campaign results in ridings identified by the Catch 22 campaign. Over the coming weekend, we'll publish an editorial. Then in a few weeks we'll put out a more detailed look at our campaign - strengths and weaknesses, what worked and what didn't etc. Once that is done, the campaign will be wrapped up.

Obviously, we did not get the overall results we were looking for. With less than a 2% increase in the popular vote, Harper was successful at boosting his…

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Added by Catch 22 on May 4, 2011 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Help your local Catch 22 campaign "pull the vote" on Monday

While I've never run for public office, I have run for several union positions over the past 25 years. Having both won and lost elections by just a single vote, I can tell you how important every last vote can be. In the case where I lost, it was because of a mistake made by my scrutineer (yes, we're still friends).

We have to treat tomorrow's election as if every single vote could be the deciding vote between a minority and a phony majority…

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Added by Catch 22 on May 1, 2011 at 10:05pm — 2 Comments