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Are you not allowed by law time off to go and vote? I didnt because I cant regisiter because of reasons but i would have voted green.
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May 22, 2014 10:40
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Prism Mirror Lens posted:Well yeah it's a weekday morning, most people are at/going to work surely... (surprised that capitalist ubermensch tentish klown wasn't tbh) My girlfriend and I woke up early to vote before work.
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May 22, 2014 10:42
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I was pretty surprised to be using a pencil? Surely any sort of ink is preferable?
Jippa fucked around with this message at 10:56 on May 22, 2014 |
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May 22, 2014 10:47
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Jippa posted:I was pretty surprised to be using a pencil? Surely any sort ok ink is preferable?  I know, I went in expecting a pen so I could take my time, and was presented with a half blunt pencil and a voting booth that wobbled so hard that me writing a sentence must have looked like I was having a not-so-sly wank. And yes, my handwriting is poo poo
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May 22, 2014 10:52
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Jippa posted:I was pretty surprised to be using a pencil? Surely any sort of ink is preferable? Not if you're intending to manipulate the results
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May 22, 2014 10:56
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Pencils are more reliable than pens, less pinchable and I suspect cheaper.
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May 22, 2014 11:00
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I'm hoping Channel 4 News' plug for the Greens last night might have helped push some undecideds their way. I'm wrong aren't I.
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May 22, 2014 11:16
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DesperateDan posted:
There have apparently been cases of parties taking that sort of thing and trying to get it counted for them - not even your wee small lefty parties, but the likes of the Labour party because the word "socialist" is there... Just going off to vote: it'll probably be for the SNP since they're a little better than everyone else and I really don't want a UKIP MEP in Scotland and that's who they would get it from... Its either them or the Greens here anyway, and they are literally in the same Euro group so would probably amount to the same thing anyway...
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May 22, 2014 11:17
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I ran down to my polling station in the pouring rain and it was empty, but that is hardly surprising. Add me to the Green crew if anyone is counting, but like everyone else I can't vote for them next year. Pretty weird to agree with the Green party on their social policies but not their environmental ones, but that is how it goes.
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May 22, 2014 11:17
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Voted for SNP since i don't think Greens have a chance in Scotland against the SNP and i'd rather the SNP get some MEPS than UKIP, Labour or the Liberal Democrats.
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May 22, 2014 11:22
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IceAgeComing posted:There have apparently been cases of parties taking that sort of thing and trying to get it counted for them - not even your wee small lefty parties, but the likes of the Labour party because the word "socialist" is there... Maybe Labour should have supported Single Transferable Vote if they wanted to pull that kinda poo poo  Also I'd love to see some sources for that because that is 
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May 22, 2014 11:24
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The weather today's pretty unfortunate. It might depress undecided/unenthusiastic turnout, which would be to the benefit of UKIP. Looks like it's gonna rain in the North of England over the afternoon and parts of the Midlands and the South East as people leave work. I suppose the question is, can turnout be much lower than it was already going to be. On the other hand, UKIP vote is disproportionately grey, which itself is disproportionately depressed by adverse weather, so I suppose it's about the best turnout depressant, if you had to have one.
Alecto fucked around with this message at 11:31 on May 22, 2014 |
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May 22, 2014 11:28
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Voted labour in the local elections, Green in the EU ones. Looking at the EU ballot sheet I really wish we had STV just to tell the fascist parties exactly how many times they can go gently caress themselves. :/
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May 22, 2014 11:31
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Chipp Zanuff posted:Voted for SNP since i don't think Greens have a chance in Scotland against the SNP and i'd rather the SNP get some MEPS than UKIP, Labour or the Liberal Democrats. Its UKIP that you have to be worried about : the Lib Dems are polling fifth (and maybe sixth, there's not been a poll including the Greens in Scotland) and the others are pretty set in getting a few... KKKlean Energy posted:Maybe Labour should have supported Single Transferable Vote if they wanted to pull that kinda poo poo I read it somewhere a few years ago in probably some lovely blog so it is most likely a load of rubbish: I'll try and find it if I can!
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May 22, 2014 11:41
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Voted spunking cock - please tell me how I shoul of voted for some batshit anti nuke party.
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May 22, 2014 11:48
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haakman posted:Voted spunking cock - please tell me how I shoul of voted for some batshit anti nuke party. Because voting for anyone but UKIP decreases their share of the vote while spoiling your ballot does nothing?
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May 22, 2014 11:52
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IceAgeComing posted:There have apparently been cases of parties taking that sort of thing and trying to get it counted for them - not even your wee small lefty parties, but the likes of the Labour party because the word "socialist" is there... I also put a line through all the candidate boxes and wrote "spoilt" at the top, it's what I did to the local councillor elections too, didn't have time to properly
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May 22, 2014 11:52
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KKKlean Energy posted:Maybe Labour should have supported Single Transferable Vote if they wanted to pull that kinda poo poo The ruling in such cases is that intent must be clear and unambiguous. Since it's not generally clear which party will be starting the worldwide socialist revolution, they all get binned (and the count staff roll their eyes at the childish person). On the same topic: don't put a swastika anywhere in the section belonging to a racist party. However funny you think you're being, it will be counted as a vote. This will invalidate your paper if you voted for someone else, and it will stand if you didn't.
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May 22, 2014 11:58
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haakman posted:Voted spunking cock - please tell me how I shoul of voted for some batshit anti nuke party. by putting a single cross in the box against their candidate (in council elections) or the party name (in the Euro elections). entirely within the box, and with no other marks on the ballot paper.
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May 22, 2014 11:58
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Bit the bullet and voted Green for the Euros, depressing number of Far-Right parties on the ballot. Local election came down to UKIP, Tories and Labour so I cast my vote for the Socialist Jizzing Dick party. Small gaggle of yammering UKIPers milling around outside the polling station with their sickliest, poo poo-eating grins on their faces. Took all my strength to endure their wanking on about how they'd "Take are country back and how Nige was literally Jesus. The political climate's gonna be this dire for the next few decades, isn't it?
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May 22, 2014 12:04
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Voted Green despite one of their supporters a being massive oval office and equating non-voters to the workshy
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May 22, 2014 12:05
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CountButtula posted:Voted Green despite one of their supporters a being massive oval office and equating non-voters to the workshy that was very big of you. don't know that many people could overlook the comments of one whole person who happens to suppor the party.
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May 22, 2014 12:08
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Don't vote Labour in the Euros; they have a tendency to be Tory-lite there much more than the Commons. Hell, they even voted against net neutrality, the only PES MEPs to do so. I'd honestly suggest Green or LD for the Euros, against the Tories and UKIP in the locals.
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May 22, 2014 12:10
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Oops. The police minister just said 'fuckwit' on the Daily Politics. Hahaha what watershed?
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May 22, 2014 12:11
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CountButtula posted:Voted Green despite one of their supporters a being massive oval office and equating non-voters to the workshy In fairness, not voting is a pretty lovely thing to do.
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May 22, 2014 12:15
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If you don't vote you are a terrible human being who is making GBS threads on the memory of people who have died fighting for your right to have your opinion count. If you're not registered go and do it right now so you can at least vote in the general election next year.
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May 22, 2014 12:16
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Voting isn't open till later in Wales for me and I'm in the Brecon and Radnorshire area, which is usually a pretty close race between Lib Dems and Conseratives that the Lib Dems were winning. gently caress knows what's going to happen this time round though, it's going to be close between them again and the polls predict Lib Dems to win it (Barely and it'll be their only Wales win) mainly because our Candidate has always been in tight with the NFU and voted against Tution Fees and a lot of the other poo poo some Lib Dems sold out on. Not really liking the Lib Dems of late, but I'll go with them winning my region over the Conservatives any day.
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May 22, 2014 12:19
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SybilVimes posted:In fairness, not voting is a pretty lovely thing to do. So is calling those who have fought in multiple ways for decades "workshy" (in Labour's case after contributing to my post-cancer poverty). All the parties would happily kill half the people in this thread. If you think things will get better for crips under any coming national or EU government, get loving real. Green policies in power show they are no different. All these people only want riches for themselves. They hate you. I shoved policemen back as they broke the leg of a guy in a wheelchair occupying a DWP office while those currently howling about voting bought "Keep Calm" shite. Now I'm lazy? E: I disagree. CountButtula fucked around with this message at 12:26 on May 22, 2014 |
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May 22, 2014 12:19
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TinTower posted:Don't vote Labour in the Euros; they have a tendency to be Tory-lite there much more than the Commons. Hell, they even voted against net neutrality, the only PES MEPs to do so. Why do you seem to have a vendetta against Labour the last couple of months?
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May 22, 2014 12:24
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SybilVimes posted:In fairness, not voting is a pretty lovely thing to do. Yea, if you feel completely disinterested in every party then at the very least go spoil a ballot, since those are counted separately. Vote 'gently caress all of you' over total apathy.
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May 22, 2014 12:24
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I don't get why anyone would spoil a ballot. It's not like adding to the number of spoiled ballots accomplishes anything, because the reason you spoilt it (even if you write that down) is not recorded - no party will ever change their views or actions because you spoilt your ballot. For all anyone knows you might be spoiling your ballot because you don't find any of the parties racist enough to vote for.
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May 22, 2014 12:29
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Suggested thread title change: "cocaine socialists laugh-wanking over proletarian apathy forever".
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May 22, 2014 12:29
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Fluo posted:Why do you seem to have a vendetta against Labour the last couple of months? TinTower's right though, Labour MEPs have pretty bad voting records.
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May 22, 2014 12:33
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Jack the Lad posted:I don't get why anyone would spoil a ballot. A 100% turnout with a 70% spoil rate would be a whole lot better than a typical 30% turnout. It would get the parties thinking "well they care enough how the country's run, lets try and engage" rather than "lazy folks". May also get some other parties running more often (for example, do the Greens run in every council constituency?). I am not voting today because I missed the deadline for proxy. I'm sorry if UK is renamed Faragia.
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May 22, 2014 12:34
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QuantumCrayons posted:A 100% turnout with a 70% spoil rate would be a whole lot better than a typical 30% turnout. It would get the parties thinking "well they care enough how the country's run, lets try and engage" rather than "lazy folks". May also get some other parties running more often (for example, do the Greens run in every council constituency?). You're as bad as the 16% who didn't vote in Germany's 1932 elections 
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May 22, 2014 12:35
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Alecto posted:TinTower's right though, Labour MEPs have pretty bad voting records. Like, if you want me to vote for a party that only introduces LGBT rights when forced to by Europe or for electoral advantage, you can gently caress right off, y'know? I trust ALDE and the Verts more than the EPP or PES to promote continental LGBT equality. Same goes for stuff like net neutrality, digital freedom, etc. Especially when their shadow culture secretary proposes draconian measures on the internet that would pretty much hit LGBT people the hardest.
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May 22, 2014 12:41
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Trickjaw posted:Oops. The police minister just said 'fuckwit' on the Daily Politics. Hahaha what watershed? Hahaha, who was he calling a fuckwit?
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May 22, 2014 12:42
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QuantumCrayons posted:(for example, do the Greens run in every council constituency?) Not in mine; it's Tories, Labour, or this guy (who as far as I am aware wins pretty much every year).
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May 22, 2014 12:43
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QuantumCrayons posted:A 100% turnout with a 70% spoil rate would be a whole lot better than a typical 30% turnout. It would get the parties thinking "well they care enough how the country's run, lets try and engage" rather than "lazy folks". May also get some other parties running more often (for example, do the Greens run in every council constituency?). I disagree, as you could apply the same logic to low turnout. It would be just as much to parties' benefit to secure the votes of people who don't vote as it would those of people who spoil their ballot. I'd actually go one step further and say that they probably think there's less point trying to engage with someone so actively disaffected that they spoil their ballot than with someone who's merely apathetic.
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May 22, 2014 12:43
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Green in euro (london), mixture of lab and green for local as lab have been doing a good job in my area.
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