--- In [email protected], "Allan Cazaly" <allan...@...> wrote: > > Hear Hear Roger! > > What a good idea! I am sure that a box "None of the Others" would indeed > invoke a MUCH larger turnout. > > I recon that 90% of the public do the same as you! Me included! ~Allan~ > > > > --- In [email protected], "Roger Millin" <roger.millin@> wrote: > > > > Bruce P added > > > Which rather begs the question ... > > > > > > Why do we, the electorate, persist in electing them? > > > > > > (Not me though, I haven't voted for anybody for many many years 'cos > > > they're > > > all as bad as each other) > > > > There's much truth in what you say, but we vote in desperation to keep > > someone out rather than vote someone in. > > I would really like to see a box saying "None of the above" which I think > > would allow protest without necessarily voting in the 'least worst' option. > > Might even encourage a higher voter turnout. > > Roger
> > Well - it is fortunate that most of us take our democratic responsibility seriously. "None of the above" - boxes would be a future dictators paradise. I would also scrap the automatic right to postal voting - it is so open to abuse. Obviously, those who had a genuine physical reason for not attending the polling station (military abroad, housebound etc) would be exempt from attending and could vote by post. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com
