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Sorry, don't agree. It's not a wasted vote - that's when you stay at home and do nothing.
I don't buy this about "if you don't vote, you don't care". What if none of the choices are acceptable to you? Would you have us vote for the one we dislike the least? A spoiled paper is a positive gesture, better than apathy.
'tis a cunning plan that might just work.
David LLAMA 4x4
A spoiled paper is indeed a positive motion - if more of the 'non voters' spoiled their paper then there would be far more impact than their stopping at home....
David LLAMA 4x4
In message , Tim Hobbs writes
Good idea!! That would shake things up a bit.
In message , David_LLAMA4x4 writes
The last thing I want is a government that "responds to public outcry". That way ultimately lies disorder and riot. It's a scientific rule "For every public outcry there is an equal and opposite silent majority". Incidentally I haven't said anything yet about my politics - I've just tried to show that brainless ranting merely makes the perpetrator look stupid. You might have inferred that that implies something about my political ideals but that's your problem
In message , Richard Brookman writes
And even better if you actually write (e-mail) each candidate and tell them why you haven't voted for them.
Tim Hobbs composed the following ...
That's a great idea. But it isn't what happens at present, so a spoiled vote is a wasted vote.
As has been pointed out already, emails and / or letters to the candidates do make a difference, wasting votes doesn't.
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