Oh fuck I forgot to vote

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Icedlatteplease · 05/05/2023 00:30

Left home for work before 7am have s long commute and the car is messing up a previous back injury so came home exhausted and in pain.

I just completely and utterly forgot.

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listsandbudgets · 05/05/2023 16:51

RunningFromInsanity · 05/05/2023 16:39

I do vote count/opening and we just put spoilt ballots in a pile, the electoral officer checks they aren’t valid, counts them. No one reads them, or shows them to anyone.

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They should be shown to candidates and agents so they can agree they are a spoilt vote.

ChairFloorWall · 05/05/2023 21:00

Timesawastin · 05/05/2023 16:36

My polling station is literally two doors down the street...

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Cool, not for most people and still limited to one singular day aren’t ya

ChairFloorWall · 05/05/2023 21:00

listsandbudgets · 05/05/2023 16:51

They should be shown to candidates and agents so they can agree they are a spoilt vote.

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Why? For what reason?

listsandbudgets · 05/05/2023 21:27

@ChairFloorWall because there can be some doubt as to a voters intent and a candidate may argue that in fact it is a vote for them - I have seen it happen once or twice in 20 odd years of attending counts and other candidates did agree it was in fact a valid vote.

Anyway it means that all those people who take the effort to write a little essay on the paper or draw a picture aren't wasting their time and the message gets to the person it was intended for. I've always rather enjoyed reading them - it's amazing what people can convey on a ballot paper

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