[David A]

Calgary decided prior to election day that they would prioritize the mayor's count (which was a good decision).
The ward races are all only partially done like ours - about 20% of polls reporting.

Well, their Mayoral race was expected to be extremely close probably closer than ours, so that decision makes sense.

 

[David A]

Voter turnout for St Albert was absurdly low. Even though there were long lines. Hell I pre Registered and still had to fill out forms and have extra ID. Only good thing was since my SO was in a wheel chair we were given a priority in line. But still took a 1/2 hour for the whole process. From entering the building to exiting. I can see why it was so low, People were tired. I heard Medicine Hat was handing out the forms and clip boards. I asked our pole worker about it and he said they were told they have to witness you filling out the form.

Maybe it was just the staff where I was at, but the initial staff seemed very indifferent about the forms being filled out. I had expected they would check it to make sure there were no obvious errors, but they didn't and seemed to be leave that for the second line, which probably made that even line slower.

 

[constance_chlore]

I love how, for all the talk about a major anti-incumbent backlash, literally all but one incumbent is still in the lead. Goes to show at least one of two things: (1) the people who are complaining loudest are not remotely representative of those who show up to vote; or (2) people are mostly mad about other people's councillors, not their own. In any case, guess people aren't really that upset about infill and bike lanes!

 

[SarcasticMarmot]

I love how, for all the talk about a major anti-incumbent backlash, literally all but one incumbent is still in the lead. Goes to show at least one of two things: (1) the people who are complaining loudest are not remotely representative of those who show up to vote; or (2) people are mostly mad about other people's councillors, not their own. In any case, guess people aren't really that mad about infill and bike lanes!

Many of the loudest anti-urban voices don't live in Edmonton but in the surrounding communities. Just look at the convoy fanatic Beaumont elected as mayor....

 

[CplKlinger]

In any case, guess people aren't really that mad about infill and bike lanes!

Oh gosh, I didn't even think about the active transportation acceleration project. Maybe Kingsway will still get that SUP after all

 

[archited]

Mostly I am upset about candidates that have shelved or nixed important projects -- aerial tram, ped-wheelie bridge next to Hotel Macdonald, destruction of Coliseum, destruction of Wellington bridge -- bike lanes I am agnostic about. Factoring in these accountabilities for Mayoral candidates I wish there was a City-first candidate that I could cheer on -- there isn't.

 

[ntt1]

pihêsiwin and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi results are sure coming in slow. 2 and 4 stations reporting only respectively, as of almost noon today.

 

[David A]

pihêsiwin and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi results are sure coming in slow. 2 and 4 stations reporting only respectively, as of almost noon today.

Yes, we are still sitting at a bit over 20% of polls and under 30% of votes being counted with a lower turn out than last election. I suspect not being able to send out voter cards due to the mail strike is part of the turn out problem.

Many incumbents or leading candidates are in the low to mid 40% range, so overall wouldn't say a great deal of enthusiasm for anyone.

 

[constance_chlore]

Many incumbents or leading candidates are in the low to mid 40% range, so overall wouldn't say a great deal of enthusiasm for anyone.

That was also largely true in 2021 though (the exceptions being Cartmell, Knack, and Paquette). I don't think the margins so far are any more or less extreme than in past elections, which makes sense given that many wards have six or more candidates.

 

[trevorhayden]

So far 4 awful people are leading while 9 good people are leading. Edmonton is in good hands.

 

[constance_chlore]

So far 4 awful people are leading while 9 good people are leading. Edmonton is in good hands.

I don't like the Better Edmonton candidates but I don't think most of them are awful people. At least PACE got wiped out.

 

[trevorhayden]

With Cartmell likely out, I see him working behind the scenes through the 4 BE winners to actively undermine Council. They may defect, but who knows!

 

[Airboy]

St Albert had 30% turnout. 14% was advanced poll. The Cities web site is saying only 1 pole of 15 has been counted.

As for Edmonton with less than half reporting and Knack is comfortably ahead I suspect he will win.

 

[constance_chlore]

With Cartmell likely out, I see him working behind the scenes through the 4 BE winners to actively undermine Council. They may defect, but who knows!

I don't know that the four currently leading BE members could undermine council any more than the four right-leaning councillors could do before municipal parties were a thing. The big worry was that the greater fundraising capacity of parties would allow them to win more seats, but that hasn't really panned out.

 

[Greenspace]

Edmontonians didn't like the idea of parties in the first place, and with the teachers strike and perceptions of BE ties to the UCP, even less so in Edmonton. This was a big win for the incumbents generally, what I'm hearing they will all be re-elected. Name recognition in civic elections is everything.