This Saturday, Alberta Tories head to the polls to pick their new leader. From everyone I've talked to, the outcome is still uncertain. Everyone agrees that Jim Dinning will come out on top on the first ballot, but from then on nothing's guaranteed. Of interest has been the late surge of Ted Morton, who could, if he can get some of the weaker candidates to endorse him, mount a serious challenge. Of course, it's impossible to predict because this is the most wide-open leadership voting system in the world: any Albertan can show up at a polling station Saturday, but a membership on the spot, and vote for the leader. I suppose this is a just system for such a dominant party -- the leadership vote is essentially a presidential-style election to choose the next Premier.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 11:11 AM
