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Can the Queen cast a ballot in the Brexit vote?

A FAQ on Elizabeth II and Britain’s Brexit vote

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The House stands with asbestos

By a vote of 152-123 this evening the House defeated the NDP’s motion on asbestos. The New Democrats, Liberals and Elizabeth May voted in favour, the Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois voted against.

Another election, another vote mob.

More people are pushing youth to vote. Will they listen?

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Ontario New Democrats promise tuition freeze

Undergraduate Student Alliance supports plan

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The popular mandate

I ran these sorts of numbers a few years ago, so, for the sake of argument, here are this year’s election results as a measure not of votes cast, but of total possible votes (based on the preliminary result of 61.4% turnout).

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Over-thinking it

Alice Funke takes apart the strategic voting movement.

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Don’t split the difference

Conservative strategist Ken Boessenkool and NDP strategist Brian Topp dispute the vote-splitting conventional wisdom.

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The case for proportional representation

Popular vote and seat totals for the province of Saskatchewan.

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What just happened? (IV)

Eric Grenier points to the vote splits.

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Two recounts

There will be two automatic recounts—in Etobicoke Centre where the Conservative candidate beat a Liberal incumbent by 26 votes and in Nipissing-Timiskaming where the Conservative candidate beat a Liberal incumbent by 14 votes.

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Plus/minus

Changes in popular vote totals for the parties from 2008 to 2011.