Have you/will you spoil your ballot?

I’ve spoiled my vote three times already but this time will vote for count Binface, I think. I take my daughters and we write “sex matters” on the voting slip. I would never not vote as it’s such an important thing and I am a role model for my children but this is also exercising my democratic rights. If enough of us do it they will start noticing, but to be honest the reason I do it is just that I have no other choice. No party gets my vote unless they know what a woman is. I’m not even convinced by the Tories on this one.

Spoiled. I wrote woman: adult human female next to candidates’ names. I’m so fucking furious today.

I’ve done quite a few vote counts. We just have a laugh at your expense, the spoiled ballots are shown to local party leaders but that’s it. What are you really achieving? No big change will come of it really. It’s only knobhead party leader tony who will read it and just ignore it

I thought about spoiling my ballot but at the end of the day someone is going to win with or without my vote so I may as well try to vote for someone who represents some of my beliefs

What would happen (and I know there are more chances of me being voted King of the universe) if all ballots were spoiled?

I had three votes.

For the council I wrote, "I emailed all of you to ask if you believe a woman is an adult human female and none of you responded"

I was going to start a thread about exactly this earlier.

I spoiled my ballot for the first time ever today.

People spoiling your ballots, were there no other issues you felt it was worth taking a stand on?

Sex not gender IS the issue I take a stand on.

It's actually really bad that there isn't a box to tick to say 'none of the above' and perhaps a box to write why. I object to all of the parties for various and I want to be able to get this across in a legitimate way.

Elections are supposed to be our chance to have our say- that needs to include being able to say why none of them are good enough.

People spoiling your ballots, were there no other issues you felt it was worth taking a stand on?

Just been. I voted for the local councillor as I know them personally and they do a good job and wouldn't go in for this sort of crap.

However, the police commissioner one had it with both barrels. "Woman = adult human female" each word down the list of candidates. Then there was space next to the Labour name so "if you don't respect my sex don't expect my x" got put there. Nowhere near the boxes I might add!

Then I did a couple of hashtags on the edges that I stood with Maya Forstater, and also Ann Sinnott because I was so bloody angry at that decision.

I've never ever spolit a ballot before, but the police one I could have honestly closed my eyes wiggled my finger and pointed at to vote, and more importantly, buggered if I'm voting for a police commissioner that may one day tell me standing up for mine, and my daughters, sex based rights is a bloody hate crime.

My 16 year old can vote in Scotland for
the first time and she has taken the time to read and understand party manifestos - it puts some adults to shame

It's great that your daughter is already taking such an interest.
I've never not voted but, having read all the manifestos carefully myself, and talked at the door with candidates from the different parties, my conclusion was that I couldn't give any of them my vote. So rather than not bothering, I went along and made my protest in the way I democratically saw fit.

I don’t understand why you would waste your vote
Things will never change if
you don’t vote
Don’t vote - don’t complain

My 16 year old can vote in Scotland for
the first time and she has taken the time to read and understand party manifestos - it puts some adults to shame

I wrote sex not gender under every candidates' name. After the Ann Sinnot result, it seems very timely.

I put "don't respect my sex, don't expect my X" next to the labour and lib dem's names (the other parties would never get my vote) and "sex matters" across the top. I did cast 1 vote for the PCC - they are an independent with a good proposal and were on the gc voting list as a possible option.

I voted after all. I’m sorry for all of us that it’s this hard and that so many have chosen to spoil their ballots. I didn’t know what I would do until I was in the booth. I’m not happy with my choice. This is shit.

I spoiled my three ballot paper with red thumbprints and scrawled
'Sex Matters' and 'if you won't respect my sex you can't expect my X' .
I am so upset - I feel like I have committed treason , but I would do the same again .

So a member of the WEP was handing out leaflets outside my polling station. I asked her "Does the WEP know what a woman is?" and she gave a tight smile and said they accept anyone who feels like a woman or some crap (I zoned out as a rage blackout came on).

On the way out I told her the WEP was losing so many women because being a woman isn't a "feeling" or a "mindset". No one in the history of humanity has ever changed sex - having surgery or hormones still doesn't change your sex - and women are abused and raped every day because of our sex not a "feeling".

She told me to have a nice day 😡

The WEP is an absolute disgrace.

I voted for Count Binface among my two votes.

I’m in a Tory/SNP marginal, so voted Tory to try and stop the SNP claiming a mandate for another bloody independence referendum.

Yes, I spoiled my council ballot.

I'm sure I'll now have it BallotSplained to me why I was wrong as a woman to do this.

The vote in my area is only for the police and crime commissioner so I’m unsure whether to spoil my ballot still or to vote based on the policing aspects alone.

I voted. I didnt have a huge range of options but essentially whilst i care a lot about women and understand the importance of this issue, there are other more important things to me. when it comes to the LA who deliver all the services that affect my disabled son and support me as a carer- his disability needs mean i have to vote for a candidate who i believe will assist people with disabilities and carers most.

where I live there is a blank paper you can use to register your lack of interest in voting for any party or Candidate.

Nope. I voted tory.