Adrian Evans wrote: > I actually do vote ( sort of ) > I add a box at the bottom write "none of the above" next to it and then tick > it. Aren't you supposed to put a cross?
Ballot papers don't have blank areas at the bottom, so you would have had to subdivide the area given to the last candidate. A vote-counter not paying attention might see it as a vote for that last candidate! > quite a few have started doing the same thing and recently the number of > 'spoiled votes' has increased > quite dramatically in our area. > > Maybe I'm starting my own revolution! > I heard an electoral person talking about this after the election and it seems that the greatest number of spoilt votes are where people have voted for more candidates than they should do. -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
