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Spoilt votes - post them here so that the parties/papers can see them

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MrsFogi · 09/12/2019 22:51

I know there is a split of opinion about spoiling ballots vs voting for the least bad option.

If you do decide to spoil your ballot it feel free to post a photo of it here (be careful not to include any information that identifies you and in particular not to include the ballot's unique identification number) in case any of our loitering journalists wish to pick up the story or in the hope of giving the parties/candidates some pause for thought.

In case it is of interest (and you want a place to post your views for/against spoiling ballots), there have been a number of threads about spoiling ballots, a few links below:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3751902-Spoiling-my-ballot?pg=2 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3749890-Can-we-talk-spoiling-ballots-again-sorry
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3743237-advice-on-spoiling-ballot
Advice on Spoiling your vote

Spoilt votes -  post them here so that the parties/papers can see them
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colouringinpro · 12/12/2019 23:49

Waste. Of. Votes.

ThePurported · 12/12/2019 23:48

What would have had more weight was taking all the passion and pride you feel and channeling it into activism. Like all the activist women who fought long and hard to fight for the right to have what you have refused to exercise.

Oh dear Grin
I have a feeling you're not quite up to date on this stuff?
Google Maya Forstater for one example of what happens when women speak up on these issues.

thetoddleratemyhomework · 12/12/2019 23:48

@Tartyflette

My old MP was Sir F - maybe not the same?! Maybe there are multiple Tory MPs phoning it in!!

Tartyflette · 12/12/2019 23:39

Sounds like it, thetoddler !
There were two hustings held in the last week or two, for one of them she literally 'phoned it in '!
And she has a very poor reputation on replying to constituents' letters. You could never say that about SirA.

ShesDressedInBlackAgain · 12/12/2019 23:39

I turned over and now I am having to listen to Sal Brinton. Angry

NickelADimeCandy · 12/12/2019 23:33

Owen Jones and Ash Sarkar on ITV at the moment. He's not wearing that t shirt I see

Both presumably looking as sick as a sea going psittacus.

But seriously it is people like them who are to blame for Labour being trounced.

GCAcademic · 12/12/2019 23:33

Oooh - Owen Jones and Ash Sarkar on ITV at the moment. He's not wearing that t shirt I see.

Is he blaming women for not sucking enough dicks?

ShesDressedInBlackAgain · 12/12/2019 23:26

Almost worth staying up for...

BeyondVotesForFlube · 12/12/2019 23:24

My solid labour (though apparently this time it was close), solid leave seat has high 80's % chance to retain.

Uncompromisingwoman · 12/12/2019 23:24

Oooh - Owen Jones and Ash Sarkar on ITV at the moment. He's not wearing that t shirt I see.

HandsOffMyRights · 12/12/2019 23:22

Quite Mrs Grin

bellinisurge · 12/12/2019 23:21

@ShesDressedInBlackAgain , mine too. A solid Labour seat. Also a solid Leave seat.

MrsFogi · 12/12/2019 23:21

Blyth Valley - hopefully all those spoilt votes have been carefully scrutinised Grin

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WrathofFaeKlop · 12/12/2019 23:19

The votes might take a while to be counted.
Apparently there are alot of spoilt ballot papers. Grin

nauticant · 12/12/2019 23:18

Well TinaBarrow, if for want of your vote Labour lost it won't have made any difference to the overall UK result. And you'll be able to look yourself in the mirror.

Littlecloud19 · 12/12/2019 23:18

I spoiled mine and wrote on it the reason why.
According to the exit poll, Swinson has lost her seat. Her car crash interviews refusing to acknowledge biology must have some small part to play in that. But the other opposition parties were no better.

BeyondVotesForFlube · 12/12/2019 23:17

Oh dear goddess, I agree with Nigel Farage. Wtaf?!

"On his own vote, he says he couldn't bring himself to support the Conservatives so he spoiled his ballot paper.

"How I voted under this system is pretty irrelevant," he adds attacking first-past-the-post."

ShesDressedInBlackAgain · 12/12/2019 23:16

My constituency is too close to call.

PinaGrigio · 12/12/2019 23:13

What would have had more weight was taking all the passion and pride you feel and channeling it into activism.

I. Did. And. They. Didn't. Listen.

TinaBarrow · 12/12/2019 23:08

After much soul searching I spoiled my ballot. I'm in a marginal narrowly held by Tory with Labour just behind. Asked myself if my vote was the difference between the Tory getting kicked out, would I still spoil it? Heavy heart but I answered yes. I can't vote for any of these people. I'm not playing this pathetic game which passes for democracy, if the person I elect then goes and gives away my and other women's rights to safety, privacy and dignity in the name of wokeness.

I wrote Protect Women's rights on it just in case anyone does read it.

LangCleg · 12/12/2019 23:06

What would have had more weight was taking all the passion and pride you feel and channeling it into activism.

Oh, the irony.

thetoddleratemyhomework · 12/12/2019 23:04

I am wondering whether to join the Tory party now to try to have a voice even though I don't like my very likely Tory MP. I dunno.

ShesDressedInBlackAgain · 12/12/2019 23:03

there's a whole thread of women right here posting descriptions and photos of spoiled ballots

Such a shame MN FWR is such a backwater. Ignored. Neglected. And certainly not obsessively monitored and censored by woke politicos everywhere.

thetoddleratemyhomework · 12/12/2019 23:01

@Tartyflette

I think we live in the same seat! I was going to vote Tory and got to the polling station and just couldn't do it. She never responded to the email that I sent her about self ID and I really don't think she cares about local issues - claims she grew up here and is interested, but lives in London.

slimeandfear · 12/12/2019 22:51

I don't think anyone other than the counters even see the spoiled papers.

Party workers, candidates, and election agents may ask to see spoiled ballots, especially if the result is close, in the hope that they can claim that the ballot should be interpret led as a vote for them.

Your vote will be recorded as a spoiled vote but that's it. The reason why won't be acknowledged by anyone.

Officially, no. Unofficially, well, there's a whole thread of women right here posting descriptions and photos of spoiled ballots. As well, what HandsOff said: it's about personal integrity first and foremost. The stickers and coloured markers and hoping candidates might notice is a secondary aim.

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