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vote swapping

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crazychic · 30/04/2010 19:39

Has anyone swapped their votes.
I live where labour don't stand a chance. I've swapped my vote with someone else and they are going to vote labour in their constituency.
I am going to vote lib dem in mine. our parties receive the same number of votes they would have done, but our votes stand a chance counting.
I'd be interested to hear what people think.
I used voting budies on face book, it's the only site I've been able to find, although there does seem to be quite a lot of people talking about it.

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GrendelsMum · 03/05/2010 18:38

Well, I thought the PCC I preferred didn't have a chance in my constituency (and so did the party high-ups, I believe) and was going to vote for them anyway - and now it seems that we've gone marginal and the sitting MP is rattled. So I think it's always worth voting for the person you think would do the best job and telling people that you're doing so - maybe it won't make the difference this year, but if another election's coming up soon, it may encourage other people to vote for them.

crazychic · 03/05/2010 18:06

There is nothing to stop people voting in a way other than you intended. It's a gentlemans agreement.
There is no way to prove what way someone has voted, but if you were going to vote tactically against a party rather than for a party, you don't loose out.

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chaosisawayoflife · 01/05/2010 13:48

Hmmm. Not heard of this before. What's to stop the person you vote for voting lib dem as well?

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