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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by jimwhite42 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @11:58AM (#35817518)
> unless something changes, I won't be voting.

I encourage anyone who feels this way to spoil your ballot paper. This sends a different signal than not voting: if there were lots of spoilt ballot papers this would be received differently to low turnout.

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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by toyg on Thursday May 04, 2023 @12:39PM (#35818220)
The ruling classes don't care either way, as far as they're concerned winners have a mandate even if a single vote is cast.

There is no "message" - the message is to vote for the least worst, or start your own party.

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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by jarym on Thursday May 04, 2023 @12:06PM (#35817659)
Or refer to this website: https://stopthetories.vote/
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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by denton-scratch on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:21PM (#35819894)
> if there were lots of spoilt ballot papers this would be received differently to low turnout.

Do they even count spoiled ballots? They certainly don't report them.

I guess in theory, someone who spoils their ballot has "turned out" to vote, so should be counted in the turnout. So it should be possible to work out the number of spoiled ballots from the difference between the turnout, and the total of votes cast. It would be interesting to see if the news media report it so the difference is zero.

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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by sWW26 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:47PM (#35823133)
They do count them and they do report them.

See "Rejected ballot papers" https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-w...

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