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Have You Voted Already Or Plan To Vote On Feb 27th?
Not interested in hearing how much you hate the NDP or Doug Ford or how "they're all crooks". Simple question.
Have you cast your vote in the early polls or mailed in, or do you plan to vote on Thursday...
Yes or No.
Will you monitor results on line, watch on TV or listen on radio?
Yes or No.
Which media, or more than one?
Please refrain from editorializing.
Thanks..
- Jody Thornton
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Yes I voted last week. I MAY look at a streaming feed on The Agenda. Perhaps
Cheers,
Jody Thornton
- martyb
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Yes - GET OUT AND VOTE!
Yes
Online and traditional TV news
- tvguy
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No, Out of the country for an extended period of time - voting by mail was not available before I left.
Early voting in person was limited - and impacted by blizzard(s).
Will probably watch CTV or Global. (via VPN). But it will be "all over" before dinnertime where I am located.
- RadioActive
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I waited until Thursday because my polling place is the school directly across the street from me, so really easy to get to.
I'll probably monitor radio and use the Star site (since I have a subscription) or even Elections Ontario for results, and a few of the more interesting races, but really I just want to know who won overall and in my riding.
The good thing about a provincial election is it's usually over early unlike the feds, where you have to wait three hours for the west coast results if things are close. Which means you could go to bed and not know who won until the morning. (Or if you're working in a newsroom and covering the results, it means you have to sit there until the wee hours of the morning, waiting forever to go home! Been there, done that!)
- Storm
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Yes we have already voted. Used the advance poll last week.
Plan to watch results on tv - CBC or CTV Kitchener
- Listener
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Will vote on Thursday
Will watch TV
More than one
- Leslieville Bill
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Yes.
Yes.
I'll switch between CBC and CTV plus look at individual races online through the elections Ontario website.
- Not an industry person. Just a guy with a love of Toronto radio.
- turkeytop
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I'm a life-long card carrying member and an activist in one of the parties. On a normal election day I would be out there working all day today, pounding the pavement to get out the vote. Tonight, I'd be scrutineering at one of the polls, and then attending the victory party for our candidate
This time, I haven't voted and I won't be voting.
The election was called suddenly and prematurely while we are here in Florida.
I'm not sure how I'll follow the returns on Election night. SXM carries CBC Radio I. I'm hoping I might catch it there.
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After all is said and done, more is usually said than done.
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CTV News Channel is here, and CP24 is online here. Although I'm not sure if you can access either of them in the U.S. without a VPN.
- PMC
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Yes, voted on Saturday
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TV
- pinto
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Voted Sunday, will tune in after the polls close
- Aytononline
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I voted on the weekend, I may watch CTV, but I'm planing on watching the TVO youtube channel. I'm not sure but I think Steve Paikin is the oldest and longest running Election Night host for today's election special.
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I will be voting today. Location is an elementary school next door to my apartment building. Very convenient. I will watch CTV coverage mostly, but will sample CBC, Global, CITY, CHCH and TVO. I will be interested in seeing who each network gets to represent the respective parties in their panel discussions.
- BowmanvilleBob
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I'll vote at the elementary school around the corner from us once I get the driveway cleaned from this latest burst of snow. I'll mostly be following the results online, but may flick on the set to sample the offerings from CBC, CTV and Global.
- Cheese2RF
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i voted this morning, went to my old elementary school, the girl checking my ID did not seem trilled about the fact that i never received the voting slip, " not enough time to call an election, plus all the snow last few weeks delayed postal," (i have a community mailbox so i doubt it) i reminded her " and we came off the strike so they must of been backlogged" and she agreed " yes what a terrible time to call an election" i wouldn't consider this partisanship. But certainly an interesting exchange!
- The Weed
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Polling station in my condo. Will vote on the way out to shop.
Really only interested in final result and winner in my riding.
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Another interesting race to watch is Toronto-St. Paul's, where former newscaster and ex-news director Stephanie Smyth is vying for a seat under the Liberal banner. I'm always interested to see how well ex-broadcasters do when they enter politics.
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Just voted about ten minutes ago. I knew this would be a good time since it usually isn't busy early afternoon. Polling station was only a block away so I walked.
I'll be watching all of the results mostly on TV. I usually flip around the dial a bit. Probably will check out the Globe and K/W Record site on line.
Happy voting!!
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I'll be voting this afternoon.
I'll tune into TV at 9 for the results. Either CBC or CTV.
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Have you cast your vote in the early polls or mailed in, or do you plan to vote on Thursday...
Yes, voted ~9:45 this morning around the corner at our local library. First time in 10-15 years I haven't early voted.
Will you monitor results on line, watch on TV or listen on radio?
Which media, or more than one?
Yes, mostly CBC TV
- NW
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I voted. I never received my voting card but had no problem proving that I was entitled to vote.
I will probably check out the results on the CBC. Although I suspect that reading the whinging on SOWNY about the election coverage on 640 and 1010 might be more entertaining than the TV telecasts. Hopefully there aren't too many Spence Diamond commercials this evening.
- cash
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Stephanie Smyth won for the Liberals . Donna Skelly re-elected for the PCs.
- turkeytop
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I'm out of the country now, but I was hoping to follow election night coverage from CBC Radio I over SXM. No coverage at all. I've now listened to to 9:00 PM newscast and the 10:00 PM newscast. Not even a mention of the election in Ontario.
After all is said and done, more is usually said than done.
- turkeytop
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RadioActive wrote:
CTV News Channel is here, and CP24 is online here. Although I'm not sure if you can access either of them in the U.S. without a VPN.
I don't even know what a VPN is. But now, I've found that the CBC website is printing out the results. So I can follow it there by reading it.
After all is said and done, more is usually said than done.