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Tom Ruta wrote:
> 
> But  how then do you explain the fact that a person from
> say, Vancouver (my neighbour  at the lake) can vote while I
> can't?

and

> I am not asking about upsetting the balance of local versus
> non-local, I'm just trying to figure out why there's
> discrimination against non-BC (not non-local!) residents.
> 

I don't think this distinction was clear earlier in the thread.  I know
I didn't realize it, and I suspect many other responders didn't either.

I agree, that system is strange at best and unfair at worst.  I think it
is fair to prevent non-residents from voting, on the grounds that they
can vote at their primary residence.  But I agree with you that it's
patently unfair to allow *SOME* non-residents to vote and not others.  I
wonder how they justify that -- there must have been some public policy
justification, no matter how flimsy, for it.  Why do people who support
it think it's right?  I'm not that familiar with Canadian electoral law
or history. 

Mike

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