The votes are in!

Yesterday’s VOCM Question of the Day, “Should the Chief Electoral Officer investigate the 2001 St. Barbe by-election?”, received 31,476 “votes”, of which 63% voted For The Province.

This falls just short of putting it in the all-time (since February, 2005) top ten list for largest number of “votes” cast. It ranks just ahead of November 27, 2008’s “Do you think the premier is bullying public sector unions?” (30,497 “votes”), and January 30, 2009’s “Do you agree with the Williams government's move to take the 20 per cent template off the table at this time?” (29,647 “votes”).

It fell a bit short of November 23, 2006’s “Do you think there should be an independant [sic] inquiry into the Fibre Optic Deal approved by government?” (32,046) and, six days later, “Should the official opposition drop the fibre optic issue?” (31,742).

Interesting how investigation-related questions become so hot.