Storm the Ballot Box
Storm the Ballot Box
Marilyn Stanley
, Alanna Virtue
, Dot Mann
, Kirsten Lyon
, Sindi Nika
, toni velthuis
, Natasha Andres
, Jude Castillo
, Brad MULLER
, SI Parker
, Shelley Butcher
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Christine Labelle
, Jane Graham
, Agnes Marshall
, Sailaxmi Sahoo
, Ryan Woods
, Hana Iudin
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Sarah Dalton
, Darryl Taylor
, Marc-André Taillefer
, Sarah Schwartz
, Catherine Booker
, Noelle Walsh
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Andrea Pole
, Susan Toy
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Tami Osato
, Holly Elisabeth
, Mary Therrien
, Emily Steiner
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Brittney Warren
, Allison Dube
, Claire Gear
, Stephen Pinder
, katie locke
, Kim Cappellina
, kristine hibbs
, Barry Kazimer
, David Janik Jones
, Spencer Reitenbach
, Melissa Rivosecchi
, Wayne Harrigan
, Desmond Tsang
, Joshua Lewis
, Mireille Goulet
, Danielle MacKinlay
, Ashley Pocrnich
, Joe Titone
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Devon Millard
, Macy McCubbing
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Sara Conway
, Liz Carlin
, jane luce
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Hilary Squires
, Shane Lange
, Shawna Moodie
, Lara Maynard
, Patricia Scott
, Fred Wong
, Roland Schigas
, Nicole Maxwell
, Tanis Anne
, Han Monarch
, Michelle Arsenault
, Sue Baues
, Kartik Gupta
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Kate Hudson
, diana kirkwood
, Benita Hartwell
, Ariel Kroon
, Lei Shimbashi
, M M English
, Janet Meisner
, Lynn Bechtel
, GLORIA KONELSKY
, Cherryl Koylass
, Robert Hykawy
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Chantal Vulker
, Remi Gunn
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Kim Akins
, James Orr
, Catherine Westerberg
, Patricia McKeown
, Nancy Reid
, Ellen Clarke
, Valerie Free
, Rita Osullivan
, Sharon Forzley
, Ken Gilmour
, Amanda Clarke
editor@49thShelf.com
Jo-Ann Roberts thought she knew how Canadian politics worked after being a reporter for forty years. Then she ran in the 2015 federal election as a candidate, confident that all she had to do was convince people she was the best person for the job, and they would vote for her.
That wasn't how it worked out. Roberts discovered there was so much she didn't know about our electoral system—especially how vulnerable it is to outside interference and manipulation by interest groups. Nor did she understand that those in power were not interested in getting everyone out to vote.
Millions of Canadians are not voting, a crisis that threatens to undermine democracy. Apathy, ignorance, and frustration mean a whole generation is losing faith in the value of their vote. Jo-Ann Roberts wants to ensure that the right to vote is reinvigorated, restored, and respected. In Storm the Ballot Box, she brings her unique experience from both broadcast newsrooms and political backrooms, laying out twenty concrete steps for how to kickstart a non-violent yet powerful voting revolution, empowering Canadians to mark their X—no matter who they vote for.
