cybercoma Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Let's see how the forum voted. Edited October 20, 2015 by cybercoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) And apparently I can't create polls......what the deuce?Edit: Apparently you can't use accents in the response choices or it crashes. Edited October 20, 2015 by cybercoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-1=e^ipi Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Where is the 'spoiled my ballot because all the options suck' option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Where is the 'spoiled my ballot because all the options suck' option? Well, there isn't an option, because spoiling your ballot is just a rather ambitious way of not voting at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-1=e^ipi Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Well, there isn't an option, because spoiling your ballot is just a rather ambitious way of not voting at all. Lies. Anyway, there should also be an option for declining your ballot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Lies. A spoiled ballot doesn't count for anything except the spoiled ballot count. I know you thought you were sending a statement, but you ended up in the same pile as ballots with printing errors. Anyway, there should also be an option for declining your ballot. One form of electoral reform I would support is a "none of the above" box. If the plurality goes to "none of the above", then the election in that riding has to be re-run with an entirely new slate of candidates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeelious Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 A spoiled ballot doesn't count for anything except the spoiled ballot count. I know you thought you were sending a statement, but you ended up in the same pile as ballots with printing errors. One form of electoral reform I would support is a "none of the above" box. If the plurality goes to "none of the above", then the election in that riding has to be re-run with an entirely new slate of candidates. Actually I like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeelious Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I kinda feel like there should be a "Did your vote actually Elect a Candidate" poll as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-1=e^ipi Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 A spoiled ballot doesn't count for anything except the spoiled ballot count. A vote for the green party, libertarian party, communist party, etc. won't get them elected so won't count for anything. A vote in a safe riding won't count for anything. A vote for not one of the top two candidates in swing riding won't count for anything. So what? Better than endorsing the idiotic options available to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Lies. Anyway, there should also be an option for declining your ballot. There is an option for that: "I didn't vote." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-1=e^ipi Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 There is an option for that: "I didn't vote." But I did vote... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 But I did vote... Only in the sense that you showed up at the polling station and got a ballot. You're ballot didn't count for anything other than a spoiled ballot. You may think it was an act of defiance, but you ended up in the same pile with defective ballots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 But I did vote... You can believe that but you no more voted than had you stayed at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 But I did vote... For who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-1=e^ipi Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 You can believe that but you no more voted than had you stayed at home. That's not true. Rejected ballots are kept track of. Staying home would be 1 less rejected ballot. For who? For none of the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadBrother Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 That's not true. Rejected ballots are kept track of. Staying home would be 1 less rejected ballot. They're kept track of. But the nature of the spoiling is not. If it was a misprint and the voter requested another ballot, that original ballot is counted as spoiled as wel. For none of the above. Except that means nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallc Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 They're kept track of. But the nature of the spoiling is not. If it was a misprint and the voter requested another ballot, that original ballot is counted as spoiled as wel. To be technical, spoiled ballots (misprints or any that didn't make it into the box) are counted separately than rejected ballots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evening Star Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 To be technical, spoiled ballots (misprints or any that didn't make it into the box) are counted separately than rejected ballots. Yeah, that's not just a technical point. I've been a DRO and there is a difference between these things. Declined ballots are counted and they do mean something, probably as much as one extra vote for the Liberals in Ottawa-Vanier counts for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrypenguin Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 This board is a lot more diverse than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Squid Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 The results of the MLW poll so far should be how this site is governed... An NDP/Green coalition running the forum!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 There's no "none of the above" on the ballot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeNumber Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 One form of electoral reform I would support is a "none of the above" box. If the plurality goes to "none of the above", then the election in that riding has to be re-run with an entirely new slate of candidates. I'd support this actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overthere Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I am the Independent vote. I would have voted for a mainstream party candidate, as I usually do, but the guy was just so incredibly creepy it was not going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeelious Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 I am the Independent vote. I would have voted for a mainstream party candidate, as I usually do, but the guy was just so incredibly creepy it was not going to happen. He was soo creepy you had to vote for him...I understand. It happens to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFCaper Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 You can believe that but you no more voted than had you stayed at home. I could not disagree more. I always feel that when they strike my name off the list, that my demographic had a vote. All parties suck up to voting demographics. Old people vote in heavy numbers, so most of the polices of all parties are geared towards them. Look how no one would ever suggest eliminating income splitting for them... I voted against the party in power to what I feel is a limit for any government not to be super corrupt, and against the Party that sounded too much like Wynne. The NDP voted against C51 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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