Emily's Team Pick: Vote Mob

Posted byEmily

on April 17, 2011

DEAR CANADIAN YOUTH,

As you are hopefully aware of by now, Canada is having a federal election on May 2. Please let our leaders know that WE EXIST and OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD.

Rick Mercer is telling you to vote.

The University of Guelph organized a vote mob which I'm still not really sure what it is, but it looks like fun and they waved around a Canadian flag which always makes me feel good.

Concordia University in Montreal is having a vote mob on Tuesday, April 19 at 12pm. If you live in Montreal you should come (really, I don't think anyone will know/care if you don't go to Concordia)! It's possible that your university is having a vote mob too, or has already had one, which I hope you will go to/went to.

You have a right to vote. Please use it.

xoxox,
Emily

38 responses to “Emily's Team Pick: Vote Mob”

aniota
April 17, 2011 at 8:39 am Permalink Reply

University of Toronto is having a vote mob too!

I am glad you posted this, people our age do not vote enough.

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Lis (member)
April 17, 2011 at 9:09 am Permalink Reply Report user

Already voted. But take a look at the conservative candidate for my riding… those tricky weasels are trying to trick us into voting conservative by using a Rachel Maddow look-alike!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Moe-Comuzzi-Stehmann/1356118295

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1. allie (member)
  April 17, 2011 at 9:54 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  thats hilarious!
  
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terracottatoes (member)
April 17, 2011 at 9:16 am Permalink Reply Report user

the video started and that girl whipped off her jacket and i was like “oh this is going to be good” and then the video continued and exceeded even those lofty expectations

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lothumea (member)
April 17, 2011 at 9:25 am Permalink Reply Report user

This is the one McGill did a few days ago:
http://www.tvmcgill.com/2011/04/14/mcgill-vote-mob/

But I totally missed it because I’m an idiot. So I’ll do my best to come to the Concordia one, even though it’s exam time!

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Emily (member)
April 17, 2011 at 9:47 am Permalink Reply Report user

can we talk about the excellent choice of music by both these videos?

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1. lothumea (member)
  April 17, 2011 at 10:04 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Oh, definitely. Top notch!
  
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2. terracottatoes (member)
  April 17, 2011 at 10:09 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  agreed, i had to double check that i’d paused my itunes
  
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allie (member)
April 17, 2011 at 10:06 am Permalink Reply Report user

hahahah. month of may…too appropriate. i hope people actually vote. k maybe just people under 30.

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Christie L (member)
April 17, 2011 at 10:22 am Permalink Reply Report user

Heck yeah, I will be voting on May 2nd.

Love love love the Canadian coverage! Damn straight (damn gay? damn queer?) we younger end of the population must vote.

Read everything you can about your local MP as well as each party’s platform. Xtra West is holding a Vancouver town hall event with politicians discussing their stance on gay-related issues. I can’t make it to the event, but I will make sure to follow up on what was said (or not said) by each contender. Conservative politicians routinely choose not to comment on Xtra’s questions (i.e. in articles in the paper) regarding issues that are important to the queer population. Shame on you. (You know your answers would not hold up).

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Megs
April 17, 2011 at 10:53 am Permalink Reply

Thank you for all of the Canadian election content!
You guys, Calgary even had a vote mob. Seriously!
I’m so excited to vote!!!

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Paper0Flowers (member)
April 17, 2011 at 11:17 am Permalink Reply Report user

Oh Rick <3

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SJP
April 17, 2011 at 11:27 am Permalink Reply

Wheeee I am in that video!! I feel 10000000x more proud now that it is on Autostraddle. It was all in one take too, just saying…
Also:
http://www.projectdemocracy.ca/
(if you are planning on voting strategically)
and
http://www.leadnow.ca/en/vote-mobs
(if you want to take a look at the other vote mobs)

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katiebug (member)
April 17, 2011 at 11:46 am Permalink Reply Report user

I voted today by special ballot! It’s worth looking into if you can’t make it to the advanced polls and you want to avoid the crowds on election day. (Seriously, though, please, please vote. If you want to make a point by not casting a vote, at least go and spoil your ballot, because otherwise they’re just going to go “Yeah, all of these people are lazy and/or apathetic” and no point gets made.)

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1. HannahRhoslyn (member)
  April 17, 2011 at 5:47 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  It would be kind of hilarious (impossible too, I know) if the majority of ballots were spoiled. And Canada voted…. that they hate the government.
  
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  1. olivia.l
    April 17, 2011 at 10:41 pm Permalink Reply
    
    haha I do hate the government but I just voted NDP today because I will be in vegas on election day.
    
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akv
April 17, 2011 at 12:36 pm Permalink Reply

MY UNIVERSITY IS ON AUTOSTRADDLE!

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Isabel
April 17, 2011 at 2:34 pm Permalink Reply

Emily, this made my day. Canadian politics on autostraddle!!

Also, check this out: http://federal.votecompass.ca/language/en/

and the official fb event for the concordia vote mob: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175085845873541&index=1

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HannahRhoslyn (member)
April 17, 2011 at 5:48 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I can’t wait for the Concordia vote mob! For some reason, videos like these make me tear up. I hope a lot of people do vote. I’ve been pestering all my friends.

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1. Emily (member)
  April 17, 2011 at 6:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  yeah stuff like this always makes me tear up. i think that’s why it’s so powerful. there’s nothing like a large group of people all fighting for the same thing.
  
  hope to see you on tuesday!
  
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  1. allie (member)
    April 17, 2011 at 10:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    i would so be down for this but it seems like EVERYTHING potentially fun at concordia gets cockblocked for me by some form of test/exam.
    
    fml. <3 u concordia
    
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    1. terracottatoes (member)
      April 17, 2011 at 11:09 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      idk if i’m going to be able to go, either. i only have an hour and a half break at 12, which is not a lot of time to get into the island, run around in a flag being all inspirational and shit, and go back to school..
      
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      1. Emily (member)
        April 18, 2011 at 8:04 am Permalink Reply Report user
        
        take the afternoon off! i mean….be a good student?
        
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Rachel (member)
April 17, 2011 at 8:57 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’m not even Canadian and all I want to do is RUN TO THE POLLS

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e
April 17, 2011 at 9:34 pm Permalink Reply

you canadian youth are so shiny and inspiring.

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1. terracottatoes (member)
  April 17, 2011 at 11:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  don’t mind if i take that as a personal compliment. i’ll pick you up at 8.
  
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  1. olivia.l
    April 17, 2011 at 11:21 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Like
    
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  2. e
    April 17, 2011 at 11:30 pm Permalink Reply
    
    i’m going to have to put on pants, huh? ::SIGH:: only for you, tc
    
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    1. terracottatoes (member)
      April 18, 2011 at 12:51 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      i’ll even pay for dinner if they look like this
      
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montreal
April 18, 2011 at 8:05 am Permalink Reply

Thanks for all the Can-con. It’s nice to know that some US folks are informed and give a shit about the scary stuff happening up here.
And also, thanks for the Concordia vote mob info. I have to be there tomorrow morning anyway so you know, two birds and all that.

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1. Emily (member)
  April 18, 2011 at 10:29 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  i am canadian, and i’m betting most people in the US have no idea we’re having an election.
  
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  1. montreal
    April 18, 2011 at 10:56 am Permalink Reply
    
    yeah, I guess it’s the fact that this is up on a non-Canadian-ish site that is making me happy. And so you know some folks are maybe getting some info that they might not get (or probably won’t get) from other places in their daily lives.
    
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LC
April 18, 2011 at 9:56 am Permalink Reply

Rick Mercer is a canadian treasure. Vote!

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Paper0Flowers (member)
April 18, 2011 at 12:16 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Good grief, look at all you Montrealers! Montrealites? Montrealiners? Anyways, judging from this article, I could confidently say that 60% of young lesbians live in QC. I am jealous.

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1. allie (member)
  April 18, 2011 at 6:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  yeah. its kind of shocking.
  
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bcw
April 18, 2011 at 12:34 pm Permalink Reply

Hi fellow Canadians! Glad to see all this voting excitement. I work at the Canadian consulate in San Francisco – if there are any Canadians reading this who are in the US and don’t know how to vote, email me and I’ll help you: sfran [at] international [dot] gc [dot] ca.

Big shout out to Concordia, I’m missing Montreal these days.

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Megs
April 18, 2011 at 8:49 pm Permalink Reply

These vote mobs are so exciting! Even Rick Mercer thinks so!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTm3zWwdLzQ&feature=player_embedded#at=161
Rick Mercer is my favorite.

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1. Megs
  April 18, 2011 at 8:57 pm Permalink Reply
  
  I’m sorry, I don’t know why the link starts the video partway through.
  The internet is too confusing for me
  
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