{"id":26412,"date":"2014-06-19T10:08:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=26412"},"modified":"2014-06-19T10:08:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T15:08:18","slug":"declined-and-spoiled-ballots-in-the-recent-ontario-provincial-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/06\/19\/declined-and-spoiled-ballots-in-the-recent-ontario-provincial-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Declined and spoiled ballots in the recent Ontario provincial election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few Twitter updates from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/308dotcom\" target=\"_blank\">@308dotcom<\/a> shows that the steady interest in my <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2011\/09\/26\/ontario-election-mechanics-how-to-decline-your-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\">old post<\/a> about declining your ballot was real:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Wow, 31,399 ballots were declined in the Ontario election. Up from 2,335 in 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23onpoli&amp;src=hash\">#onpoli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00c9ric Grenier (@308dotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/308dotcom\/statuses\/479621803719921665\">June 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>That is the highest number of declined ballots since at least 1975. Second highest? 1990 = 20,795<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00c9ric Grenier (@308dotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/308dotcom\/statuses\/479621948415041537\">June 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>To give you an idea &#8211; in my riding in 2011, there would about 20 declined ballots. In 2014, there were almost 400.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00c9ric Grenier (@308dotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/308dotcom\/statuses\/479622108406763521\">June 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>More <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23onpoli&amp;src=hash\">#onpoli<\/a> dissatisfaction with available options: rejected ballots up to 22,687 from 12,892 in 2014. Unmarked: 12,059, from 5,208.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00c9ric Grenier (@308dotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/308dotcom\/statuses\/479622559269277696\">June 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So, in all 66,145 people spoiled, unmarked, or declined their ballots in 2014. That was 20,435 in 2011. And turnout barely nudged up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00c9ric Grenier (@308dotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/308dotcom\/statuses\/479622790081830912\">June 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>In case you want to see for yourself , tallies on ballots for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23onpoli&amp;src=hash\">#onpoli<\/a> are here (Unofficial Results Summary): <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8k6PIa6Dvh\">http:\/\/t.co\/8k6PIa6Dvh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00c9ric Grenier (@308dotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/308dotcom\/statuses\/479624849120178177\">June 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few Twitter updates from @308dotcom shows that the steady interest in my old post about declining your ballot was real: Wow, 31,399 ballots were declined in the Ontario election. Up from 2,335 in 2011. #onpoli &mdash; \u00c9ric Grenier (@308dotcom) June 19, 2014 That is the highest number of declined ballots since at least 1975. 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