We should try that here
24Jan2006 Filed under: Feminism/Politics Author: DawnTo all you bloggers, be careful what you post before 7 pm Pacific time (10 pm Eastern). In this election, unlike the last one, Section 329 of the Canada Elections Act will be in effect, meaning it will be effectively against the law to blog about election results until 10:00 ET, since blogging is considered transmitting %u201Cto the public.%u201D Reason: Some people%u2019s vote may be influenced by knowing the results from the rest of the country where the polls close earlier than here.
My parents are both from the west coast (they both grew up in LA) and it drives my mom crazy when the talking heads start predicting election outcomes before folks on PST have even made it the polls. Catching the news in the car on the way home and hearing the way things are going not only can influence a person’s vote, it can also influence a person not to vote if she figures the results are in the bag already. I wonder what elections would look like if there was no “transmitting to the public” here?
Related posts
One Response to “We should try that here”
Leave a reply
About Me
I have two kids and a delightfully odd husband, Brett. My children are Noah (born to us in 1997) and Madison (born to her first mom, Pennie, in 2004 and brought to our family through a domestic, open adoption). They are my inspiration and also the reason I don't get more done around here.
I'm a writer and sometimes I get published, which is a nice thing. I write for joy, I write for money and when I'm very lucky, both things happen at the same time. My work appears in national publications including Yoga Journal, Disney's Family.com, Utne, Wondertime, Brain Child and Salon. Currently I am working on a book about my daughter's adoption and seeking representation for the proposal. I also own Smart Cookie Communications with my husband.
Twitter:
-
- Busy work because there are no holidays for the enthusiastic freelancer!
- Test fireworks going off at game. Kids are getting antsy.
- Off to the clippers
- @mombrain CONGRATULATIONS! Glad that bus finally hit you! :)
- Fresh blog: It's raining http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=3442
Jeans Mommy
January 24th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
You know, this was my biggest pet peeve living in SoCal. You can not avoid hearing the current status of an election on the east coast unless you locked yourself in a room away from the TV and computer.
(And thanks for the nudge to post an update!)