They're not voting because...
- I want to vote no confidence in the ...
I want to vote no confidence in the current parties by a "spoiled paper" - but they no longer count them. If a significant number of spoiled papers were counted UK-wide then the winning party would not be able to claim such a mandated authority from the ballot box as Blair has claimed in the past. And a genuine investigation into the voting system would be forced.
written 21st Apr 2005
ALSO I am concerned that votes are no longer completely secret - the ability of past results and polls to enable parties to target just the swing voters seems counter-democratic. The sanctity of the secret, paper vote directly into a sealed ballot box should be the highest principle. As a principle this must lead to some way of having politicians going "blind" into elections and having to address everyone, not just identifiable swing voters!
