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Old 02-11-2013, 21:10   #14
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Russell Brand champion of the people?

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Originally Posted by davebtelford View Post
Voting should be compulsory - with a box on the ballot paper for 'none of the above'.
I have gone along to the polling station and I have written on my ballot paper.
This is just to show that I am not too lazy to go and vote......and that it isn't
apathy on my part......but a lack of suitable candidates that warrant my vote.

If voting were compulsory and there was a space for 'none of the above' I would have no quibble, but to make voting compulsory without that.....well, I would continue to spoil my vote.

I always thought that your vote was secret anyway......so would compulsory voting mean that the authorities could determine how you had voted?
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