It looks Sheffield Hallam voters will have a None Of The Above option at the next GE... WHY DO WE NEED NOTA? To attract people back to the polling station if only 50% of the electorate vote that gives the winning party a majority and mandate of only 25% of the whole electorate this is not a fair democratic system. Many people dont bother to vote and this needs to be rectified, not voting is not a protest vote, it is simply not participating and can be dismissed as voter apathy with no further analysis. Spoiling the ballot is not the same either as spoilt ballots can be counted as spoilt in error. Any spoilt vote count is therefore meaningless and does not provide a measure of voter discontent. An official NOTA option would. NOTA represents a meaningful campaign to put None of the Above on all ballot papers for future elections and give the electorate real democratic power – the power to say we don’t approve of any of the parties listed. If we are successful None Of The Above would become an official option at the bottom of all ballot papers. Then everyone has the opportunity to register a vote of no confidence in all the parties and candidates put forward. Some may call it a protest vote but it is much more than that. It is the cornerstone on which a truly inclusive democracy can be built.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:40:50 +0000
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