Notes.

The election was fun, but draining. Working sick was difficult, but being a registration officer was much lower impact. Afterwards did Karaoke and tore the house down with a couple fun numbers (Weird Al and Thomas Dolby), croaky voice and all, and met a new friend who is intriguing. It's not love at first sight exactly, but...what is it?

2)Any story about lower voter turnout that doesn't mention the voter ID requirements is missing something important. There was a small but consistent number of people who were legitimate voters who could not vote, or who appeared at the wrong polling station. ELections Canada is saddled with some onerous rules and does its best on a shoestring, but problems are inevitable.

3)I registered a man who looked more whitebread than I am, who was born in Samarkand. SAMARKAND. which is evidently in what is now Uzbekistan. Amazing, amazing what you see when you work an election.

4) I understand Harper's strategy. It's Rovian 50%+1, playing on pure tactics to peel off the bare number of seats to get the majority. BUt somehow this genius took Quebec -Quebec of all places! for granted. Lots of ugly identity politics in the air, I fear.

I wonder, now, about doing Once in a Lifetime at the next Karaoke. Could I do it justice?