Votes

Have you ever acted as a poll clerk, scrutineer or other official overseeing the election process?

Counting votes makes something very clear to me. When the votes are counted, they are counted thusly: one vote, one vote, one vote, ... , to the last one vote.

To listen to political operatives or political reporters one might get the idea that all Calgarians vote Conservative. That sounds like when the votes are counted a ballot containing 30,000 votes shows up and the Conservative candidate wins.

But, it's truly one vote, one vote, one vote. Fascinating isn't it. Each and every one of us casts a vote, one vote. That means that the powerful have one vote. The meek have one vote. Does each of us have a role to play in protecting our role in government? Looks that way!