How do we get more people to vote?

[ookpik]

Okay, let's get some actual data in this thread, instead of just talking about how Doom And Gloom everything is.

I don't see a particular crisis in civic engagement here.  In fact, contrary to headline on the article, I see distinct, steady improvement in Cambridge and Kitchener.  Even Waterloo's 2010 results are likely an outlier, as that was a mufti-referrendum ballot.

Who's talking about "Doom and Gloom" or "a particular crisis in civic engagement"? I don't believe I did  

I would have thought that with all the controversies I mentioned above voter turnout would have been substantially higher this year than in previous elections. Yet it wasn't, at least not generally. 

I don't consider one third participation to be acceptable, whether it's in this election or prior municipal elections. That's why I started this thread. What can we do to get people more engaged?

Note also that voter participation in the townships seems as high or even higher than in the cities. That's interesting because I suspect the average township resident had much further to travel to get to a poll than the typical urban resident.