I should add, everyone absolutely should vote. Even if you feel compelled to abstain from either candidate, casting a blank ballot or voting “abstain” is a much clearer message of dissatisfaction.
Who do you think is going to read your blank ballot?
My constituency has 250,000+ people in it.
Do you REALLY think that someone is going to sift through over two hundred and fifty THOUSAND ballots, find one that has “abstain” on it and go “oh – we must find this person and find out why they are upset with the process”?
Also – not to put too fine a point on it – voting is supposed to be anonymous. If I write “abstain” on my ballot and they track me down, isn’t that FAR more worrying?
I should add, everyone absolutely should vote. Even if you feel compelled to abstain from either candidate, casting a blank ballot or voting “abstain” is a much clearer message of dissatisfaction.
How?
Who do you think is going to read your blank ballot?
My constituency has 250,000+ people in it.
Do you REALLY think that someone is going to sift through over two hundred and fifty THOUSAND ballots, find one that has “abstain” on it and go “oh – we must find this person and find out why they are upset with the process”?
Also – not to put too fine a point on it – voting is supposed to be anonymous. If I write “abstain” on my ballot and they track me down, isn’t that FAR more worrying?
Maybe rephrase your other comment then.
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