Mokko, what does this mean?
To run for a seat in the House, candidates must file nomination papers bearing the signatures of at least 50 or 100 constituents (depending on the size of the electoral district). Each electoral district returns one member; the First Past the Post electoral system, under which the candidate with a plurality of votes wins, is used. To vote, one must be a citizen of Canada and at least eighteen years of age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_House_of_Commons
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThat means absolutely nothing when it comes time to vote. Although it does look good on paper.
Mokko, what does this mean?
[b]To run for a seat in the House, candidates must file nomination papers bearing the signatures of at least 50 or 100 constituents (depending on the size of the electoral district). Each electoral district returns one member; the First Past the Post electoral system, under which the candidate with a plurality of votes w ...[text shortened]... nd at least eighteen years of age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_House_of_Commons[/b]
I never said we don't have the right to vote. Or that you don't need to be a citizen to vote.
I simply said you don't need to be a citizen to have political influence.
And that nobody in Canada votes.
Just one more comments for the Wingnuts on this thread then I'm done.
In Texas, thanks to the Electoral College system, I could vote one million times and it would have a total effect of zero. There are a lot more effective ways to influence the world than puffing out one's chest, waving the flag, and casting a meaningless vote.
Originally posted by clive59Oh move your ass back to Australia. You prove my point that its all about the friggin mighty dollar.
Just one more comments for the Wingnuts on this thread then I'm done.
In Texas, thanks to the Electoral College system, I could vote one million times and it would have a total effect of zero. There are a lot more effective ways to influence the world than puffing out one's chest, waving the flag, and casting a meaningless vote.
Originally posted by slimjimThere are a lot of possible reasons other than money to move to a foreign country. There are also several possible reasons why someone who does so will keep xyr old citizenship and doesn't apply for citizenship in the new country of residence (the two are often mutually exclusive). And there are a lot of ways to have political influence, voting is just one of them, and often not the most important one. By the way, here in Norway, resident aliens are allowed to vote in local elections after they have lived in the country for two years.
Oh move your ass back to Australia. You prove my point that its all about the friggin mighty dollar.
Originally posted by NordlysI would not oppose resident aliens the right to vote in local elections. They pay taxes also. My point is that he is here only for the dollars. If he wants to keep is Australian citizenship fine. Then he should worry about Australia and not the US.
There are a lot of possible reasons other than money to move to a foreign country. There are also several possible reasons why someone who does so will keep xyr old citizenship and doesn't apply for citizenship in the new country of residence (the two are often mutually exclusive). And there are a lot of ways to have political influence, voting is just one o ...[text shortened]... iens are allowed to vote in local elections after they have lived in the country for two years.
Originally posted by slimjimWhat evidence do you have that he's there only for the dollars? Australia is not a poor country, so money is not one of the most likely reasons for an Australian to move to the US.
I would not oppose resident aliens the right to vote in local elections. They pay taxes also. My point is that he is here only for the dollars. If he wants to keep is Australian citizenship fine. Then he should worry about Australia and not the US.
If you live in a country, it's only natural to worry and care about it. I certainly care about Norway, even though I am not a Norwegian citizen, and I am critical about the system when I see it's going the wrong way.
Originally posted by royalchickenBecause it's the General Forum. So, do you have the General Forum citizenship, and did you vote? If not, I am afraid you have no right to criticize anything which is happening here.
If I were just here for the recs, I'd have more of them, hopefully. Besides, I edited after reading the latest posts. I just don't see why a thread was initiated with one silly out of context quote.
Originally posted by NordlysPah, vastly more people criticise the goings-on here than voted in the VERSE COMPETITION. There are other ways to exercise political influence, like reccing me.
Because it's the General Forum. So, do you have the General Forum citizenship, and did you vote? If not, I am afraid you have no right to criticize anything which is happening here.
Originally posted by slimjimYou know nothing about my background and have no bsis - except ignorance and prejudice - to make your outlandish claims.
I would not oppose resident aliens the right to vote in local elections. They pay taxes also. My point is that he is here only for the dollars. If he wants to keep is Australian citizenship fine. Then he should worry about Australia and not the US.
I moved here with my ex-wife as she wanted to be closer to her family including her ailing father who later died of cancer. We had two kids together who obviously both live here. Much later we got divorced and I remarried and we also have a 2 year old.
So I have 3 children and 2 extended families here.
Not that it's worth the typing, but think, if you are able, how you would feel if the situation were exactly reversed. Would you renounce your American citizenship, and become an Australian citizen? I suspect not.
When you did not, I hope - and believe - that you would not receive the same kind of vitriol from my countrymen as you apparently enjoy dispensing.
Originally posted by clive59Well lets see. I live here in El Paso also because of my wifes family. No I wouldn't renounce my citizenship if I lived in Mexico. I also wouldn't lambaste the government or its leaders since I wouldn't have a say in the government since I didn't vote. I can danm sure bet that if I was in Australia and running off at the mouth downgrading the Prime Minister or the government I would have some bloke tell me to shut up Yank.
You know nothing about my background and have no bsis - except ignorance and prejudice - to make your outlandish claims.
I moved here with my ex-wife as she wanted to be closer to her family including her ailing father who later died of cancer. We had two kids together who obviously both live here. Much later we got divorced and I remarried and we also h ...[text shortened]... uld not receive the same kind of vitriol from my countrymen as you apparently enjoy dispensing.