Thread: None Of The Above - A Voting Option?

What exactly do you mean by "spoil your ballot"? Never heard of that.

Basically make it so that the vote cannot be counted, ie vote for all candidates or make the action of voting but don`t mark any candidate, anything to make it so that the vote is made but cannot be attributed to any candidate.

Originally Posted by Daktoria

Silence is not consent. Those who don't vote shouldn't be interpreted as surrendering their right to participate.

Doing nothing is doing nothing.

Silence, and doing nothing are not exactly the same thing.

Not voting isn't silence, but it is doing nothing.

Isn't it?

How does not voting have any potential to change something?

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Doing nothing is doing nothing.

Silence, and doing nothing are not exactly the same thing.

Not voting isn't silence, but it is doing nothing.

Isn't it?

How does not voting have any potential to change something?

That's the point.

Lots of people don't want the government to change something. They want to change something in their own lives.

Career politicians are anti-social. There was a time when government was looked upon as a burden you know.

That's the point.

Lots of people don't want the government to change something. They want to change something in their own lives.

Career politicians are anti-social. There was a time when government was looked upon as a burden you know.

If you want the govt to change nothing then find a candidate who agrees with you and throw your support behind them. If you don't vote then you have no say on who gets elected and they will change things according to the way the peopel who elected them in wanted them to (well in theory often they go off on a tangent but when they do ya gotta vote em out next time)

If none of the above were an option, I would voted that way in the last two elections....... and certainly would again this time.....

Originally Posted by Chiefgator

If none of the above were an option, I would voted that way in the last two elections....... and certainly would again this time.....

And that would be a clearly documented choice.

As opposed to not voting which is as clear as mud.

Not even close to a subtle difference in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Quag

If you want the govt to change nothing then find a candidate who agrees with you and throw your support behind them. If you don't vote then you have no say on who gets elected and they will change things according to the way the peopel who elected them in wanted them to (well in theory often they go off on a tangent but when they do ya gotta vote em out next time)

There is nobody running, who can actually win the election, that wants true change.

Is there?

Ha! I'm happy to boast that my Strate, Nevada, is the only state that offers None Of The Above as a choice. We rarely do much right here but that one I'm proud of.

I'm facing a NOTA this coming election. I'll vote or Ron Paul as my protest vote. I don't agree with a lot of his philosophies but I do like the concept of freedom, however dated that may seem (hey, I'm an old guy).

Lol just write 'non of the above' in the part that you can write on.

While it's an interesting option in an election where a 50%+1 majority is required to win, it wouldn't do anything in our current system. All it would do is give the winner a 35% majority vistory over his opponent at 32%