Get out and Vote on May 2nd. Consider the blank ballot option.
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Is a blank vote counted as a blank vote?, or is it counted as a wasted ballot? I do not want to be mistaken for a voter that doesn't know how to follow instructions.
Maybe you should be campaigning for election reform that places "none of the above" on the ballot form?
No it is counted as a rejected ballot. There were about 100,000 last election as reported. Well essentially we are, we are saying a rejected ballot is a perfectly valid none of the above vote.
Some of these guys are voiding their their ballots for other reasons. Some of them are simply incapable of following instructions.
What percentage of rejected ballots do you claim are in support of your ideals?
Interesting...very interesting...
Someone seems to need to ask questions to gain an idea of someone elses position here, but when asked questions for the same reason elsewhere, he fails to live up to the challenge...
Very interesting indeed.
Transparent is an excellent word to describe some people.
Someone seems to need to ask questions to gain an idea of someone elses position here, but when asked questions for the same reason elsewhere, he fails to live up to the challenge...
Very interesting indeed.
Transparent is an excellent word to describe some people.
yes, I am glad you brought this up, because this thread is a perfect example of transparancy. In my first post, I asked a question, and stated a possible objection.
In my second post, I asked another question and stated a possible objection.
and in my third post, after hearing new content, I asked another question and stated a possible objection.
CDNBear, your style is not the same, you are denying any objections and insisting on answers, and prepared to create/establish your own conclusions based on the absense of an answer. You sir, are a classic example of a troll.
I think a blank vote is counted all right- if you have a thousand of them then you have a thousand stupid people. :lol:
But you are still making a choice by allowing those who vote for someone to make the choice for the next few years for you. Voting non-status-quo means nothing unless millions join you in doing the same thing. (I am referring to 35-40% of Canadian voters) But then why wouldn't they vote what you wanted in the first place if you could influence that many. Voting non-status-quo is just a wasted vote.
The whole point of the Great Canadian Blank Ballot Project is to raise awareness of the dire need for democratic reform in Canada and to get some of the 40% non-voters back into the system by allowing them a 'none of the above' option. If there is a sizeable spike upwards in rejected ballots after May 2 it might. just might be a cause for discussion. Pretty limited objectives really.
So the great canadian blank ballot project is about a campaign towards getting a 'none of the above' option placed on the ballot? Well, i can respect that. But what if you are successful? What if the majority of voters vote 'none of the above'? Who gets to govern while the parties go back to a leadership campaign? Do we force all candidates to resign? Or just the ones that had a real chance of winning? What if voters never vote a party in? Can we forcce the existing gov out of power to replace them? Who would replace them? A coalition of the same losers that noone voted for?
Do we really want the 40 percent apathetic non-voters to come back to democracy if the only thing they can offer is negativity?
Do we really want the 40 percent apathetic non-voters to come back to democracy if the only thing they can offer is negativity?
No. There will still be someone elected. But if a 'none of the above' came first in a riding this election, the riding would still elect the second place candidate, but imagine the shock wave that would send; Canadians loud and clear saying 'not good enough'. What would come of it I don't now
Something like your scenario if it happened could just come around and destroy the country. It is not a win win thing. It is outright dangerous.