theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 04:45 PM |
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voting referendum
today i have received my voting card for the voting referendum.
trouble is,i know nowt about what they are hoping to achieve,does anyone know as it hasn't been mentioned on the news etc?
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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MikeR
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 04:55 PM |
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basically you've got a choice......
1) stay as we are, person with the most votes wins
2) alternative vote. You vote for who you want to win (as before) BUT you can add second, third and forth etc votes for other candidates. For
example,
If your voting card had conservative, liberal, labour, random bloke, bnp and you REALLY hated the idea of the bnp getting in you could vote
a) conservative
b) liberal 1st, labour 2nd, random 3rd
c) conservative, liberal, labour, random, bnp
Its up to you who you vote for and how many votes you cast. When it comes to counting I'm not 100% sure how it works out so someone else will
have to explain that. The key bit is you only cast as many votes as you want to. If you want to vote for no one you can still abstain (booo hisss
grrrr) or deface your voting card to exercise your right to vote and also show you don't want to vote for any of the muppets on offer (hooray,
well done, I applaude you).
Good luck in making your choice.
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steve m
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 06:15 PM |
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Im with conrod, as when it dropped on my mat, i thought wtf ?
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 06:22 PM |
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 06:34 PM |
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thanks for that link,it explains it a bit better
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 09:17 PM |
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Would help if they had someone competent to vote for
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steve m
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 06:10 PM |
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So we have to vote for how we vote?
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 09:52 PM |
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But the most important choice is still missing
1) Joe Bloggs V1
2) Joe Bloggs V2
3) Joe Bloggs V3
4) Joe Bloggs V4
5) Joe Bloggs V5
6) Joe Bloggs V6
7) NONE OF THE ABOVE
8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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morcus
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 02:25 AM |
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Spoil your ballot if you don't want to vote for any of the candidates, that way your opion is recorded.
It's a total waste of time and money though, the referendum, not spoiling your ballot.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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MikeR
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 06:57 AM |
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here here on spoiling your ballot.
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smart51
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 10:27 AM |
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AV allows you to put candidates in order of preference. It lets you vote for who you really want and then put who you'd rather win if your
first choice doesn't. It reduces the need for tactical voting. You don't have to second guess who might win and then vote only for your
second choice tactically. I've spoken to people who say "I'd really like to vote Green, but if I do, the Tory might win, so
I'm going to vote Labour to keep them out." With AV, you can put Green first then Labour second, if that's your choice, Or UKIP
first and Conservative second, or Lib Dem first, SNP second, Labour third, Independent 4th... You get more of a say with AV.
In order to win with AV, you have to get at least 50% of the votes. Currently, an unpopular candidate can win with less than 30% of the vote. People
like the BNP like this because they're in with a chance in some places. With AV, getting 30% of first choices isn't enough. You have to
pick up some second and third places to win so you have to have broader appeal. People like my MP, Gisela Stuart (Labour), who even some local tories
describe as "a good egg" will do well.
A few myths. AV doesn't lead to more hung parliaments. Studies show that there wouldn't have been any more in the last 10 general
election. AV doesn't give some people more votes. Your vote is counted once in each round no matter if your first preference candidate wins or
your 6th. AV is not PR. You still get 1 MP for each constituency and its the one who wins the local vote who is elected.
[Edited on 30-3-2011 by smart51]
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smart51
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 10:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by morcusSpoil your ballot if you don't want to vote for any of the candidates, that way your opion is recorded.
Spoiled ballot papers are ignored. No-one cares. I was at the count in Birmingham last year. Someone wrote an essay on their paper. No-one read
it. There were plenty of blank papers and spoiled papers. No-one counted them. Only the correctly used papers count. If you don't want to
vote for anyone on the list then fair enough, but you're just as well staying at home really.
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Benzine
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 11:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
Spoiled ballot papers are ignored. No-one cares. I was at the count in Birmingham last year. Someone wrote an essay on their paper. No-one read
it.
you can't ignore a crudely drawn penis, though. ^___^
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blakep82
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 11:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
quote:
Originally posted by smart51
Spoiled ballot papers are ignored. No-one cares. I was at the count in Birmingham last year. Someone wrote an essay on their paper. No-one read
it.
you can't ignore a crudely drawn penis, though. ^___^
especially one that tapers at the end, and looks like a little mouse
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a4gom
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 12:03 PM |
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I don't know anything more about it and I run a polling station!
We have 2 elections and the referendum at ours this time so 3 papers, 3 boxes, 3 counts!
T'other year when we trialed all postal, I pulled an MOT & Insurance Certificate out of an envelope!
Andy
Perfect planning prevents pi$$ poor performance!
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 12:08 PM |
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The thing about 'won't lead to more hung parliaments' depends how you analyse the data and is certainly only valid if people vote in
the same way with AV as they have with FPTP, which is extremely unlikely.
AV is likely to result in more coalition government, and with smaller parties having the balance of power.
I would view this as a bad thing, and as the 'tail wagging the dog' - hence I will vote for FPTP, my guess is that AV will win
though...
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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