You're in Canada, right? We also have the Governor General, same deal. :-)
The fun situation we have right now is that the vote counting is 80% done, we need to count postals and away votes, because we have a very likely hung parliament, for the first time since 1941. There's a lot of jostling going around whilst we wait for the final numbers to come in and any High Court challenges to get finalised.
The Senate looks like The Greens (environmental/progressive party) will be firmly holding a solid balance of power, legislation will not pass the senate unless it's either supported by both major parties, or the greens plus a major. This is good, but the lower house is going to be real interesting once the next week or two is over and the final counting is done.
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Date: 2010-08-24 01:35 (UTC)The fun situation we have right now is that the vote counting is 80% done, we need to count postals and away votes, because we have a very likely hung parliament, for the first time since 1941. There's a lot of jostling going around whilst we wait for the final numbers to come in and any High Court challenges to get finalised.
The Senate looks like The Greens (environmental/progressive party) will be firmly holding a solid balance of power, legislation will not pass the senate unless it's either supported by both major parties, or the greens plus a major. This is good, but the lower house is going to be real interesting once the next week or two is over and the final counting is done.