#qc2018

First Past the Post needs to be abolished in Canada.

This is getting ridiculous.

The CAQ won a majority government while only getting 37.46% of the vote. That won them 59% of the seats in the Quebec legislature.

It gets even weirder.

Quebec Solidaire got less votes than the Parti Quebecois but won more seats than they did.

Based on the popular vote, the PQ in a proportional system would have won 21 seats. They won 9.

Quebec Solidaire should have won 20. They won 10.

The only result that actually was proportional was the Liberals who got about what they would have gotten under PR with 31-32 seats.

Today's the Quebec provincial election!

To vote today, you must be on the provincial electoral roll. Bring with you one piece of photo identification (Quebec health care card, Quebec driver's license, passport, Canadian Forces ID card, or Certificate of Indian Status). If you don't have any of these, the poll workers will send you to the identity verification panel. Make voting easier by bringing the card that was mailed to your residence!

Local polls are open today until 8pm EST.

You are entitled to four consecutive hours during open polls to vote. Your employer must accommodate this time so you can vote, whether it's giving you four hours off or changing your schedule to allow you that time.

All information on voting can be found at Elections Quebec 

You can also bring your children; polling places have a children's polling station where they can vote about what they think is important to democracy. Children can watch their parents vote, then participate in their own vote--they receive a sticker and a temporary tattoo!

Still not sure who to vote for? You can look up your riding and all the candidates running in your riding here.

If you have a complaint about the service you've received at your polling place, or a possible violation of Quebec election law, you can make a complaint here.

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Language politics surfaced on the Quebec campaign trail Friday as the leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec promised his government would force new immigrants to leave the province if they don’t learn French within three years.

After two weeks of campaigning nearly devoid of language talk, Francois Legault said new immigrants would be given a temporary permit upon entry and then have three years to take language courses and pass a basic French-language test.

Those who fail would not be granted permission to stay and would be considered to be in the country illegally, he said.

Rarely has a politician been so thrilled to finish third out of a four party race in an election, but Manon Massé, the spokesperson of Quebec Solidaire, had a good reason to be: The socialist party tripled its seat count in Quebec’s National Assembly, and doubled the vote percentage they were expected to gain at the beginning of the campaign.

Although the party remains modest with only 10 out of 125 seats, just shy of official party status, this election allowed Quebec Solidaire to, as co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois said in a victory speech, “play in the same league” as other mainstream political parties.

Quebec's provincial election campaign is nearing its end.

It's time to make up your mind.

So you want to vote in the Quebec election? Let's make sure you can

Vote Compass: Compare your views to the Quebec party platforms

Here's an overview of where Quebec's main parties stand on some of the most talked-about issues leading up to Oct. 1.

Journalists from all six of the media organizations that formed a consortium to hold Monday night’s historic English debate fact-checked several of the statements made by the party leaders. Here’s what they found:

Fact-checkers

Giordano Cescutti (GC) is a video journalist with CityNews Montreal.

Sarah Deshaies (SD) is producer of the Andrew Carter Morning Show on CJAD 800.

Kalina Laframboise (KL) is an online producer with Global Montreal.

Max Harrold (MH) is an assignment editor and reporter for CTV Montreal.

Kamila Hinkson (KH) is a web journalist at CBC Montreal.

Andy Riga (AR) is a reporter at the Montreal Gazette.