To not vote today?

[teaandcake32]

Have you voted today and if so who did you vote for?

Of course it’s unreasonable to not vote today. That said, it’s slim pickings in terms of choice.

Are you asking if you'd be unreasonable to not vote? Or are you asking who we voted for?

I will be voting for a local single-issue Independent - the issue is Council Housing and how the LHA can build some.

People have died for the right to vote- of course you'd be unreasonable not to.

To answer your title question,
Yes YABU to not vote when people fought so hard just for you to be able to vote.
Make the effort, it takes no time at all. Not voting, or spoiling your vote, contributes literally nothing. Step up and take your place in society.
Someone will win the election regardless so contribute to that even if you are choosing the least worst option.

To answer your next questions,
Have you voted today - yes
Who did you vote for - none of your business!

I disagree that spoiling your ballot paper contributes nothing- they have to record it, and it shows that someone is politically engaged enough to turn up to vote, but can't bring themselves to vote for any of the candidates.

Haven't bothered since the 2017 General Election and I can't see me bothering for the foreseeable future. The options on offer aren't exactly enticing.

I think people are entitled to not vote if that’s their wish. However, they then can’t complain about how the country is run or how money is spent.
They had an option to have a say and declined to use it.

I voted, but the polling station was almost empty, so I don't think there will be a huge turnout.
I'm not revealing how I voted.

Unreasonable not to vote.
Who I vote for is between me and the ballot box..

No.

Voting is a right, not an obligation.

I would certainly vote if there was an option for “none of the above”.

Nobody is going to force me to vote for a bad person or a worse person. I will not endorse either.

Me, DH and adult DS all recycled our postal votes.

My DH didn’t vote and he’s probably more politically engaged than I am. He thinks politics is corrupt and non representative on all sides. I voted for a local candidate who had done sterling work in our area and I also grilled our local MP who happened to knock my door about his gender views. He is GC which influenced my vote.

Who did I vote for? None of your business.

Should you vote? Yes, otherwise you can't complain about anything to do with what the vote's about.

@IdgieThreadgoodeIsMyHeroine It's recorded momentarily then subsequently ignored. It doesn't contribute an opinion. Your opinion is lost into an anonymous pile. The people who made a choice between the candidates are the people whose views are included in a result. You may not like any of the candidates but one of them will win regardless so your vote is more useful in attempting to stop your least preferred candidate winning if that's the case.

I agree
Spoiling your paper is a well known way of recording dissatisfaction

There is that option, as PPs have written, spoiling your vote is counted and the results published. Binning the document is passive and says nothing to the (shit) politicians.

I postal voted last week but none of your business.

I have written rude words on ballots before.

Is there a vote today? What for? (We live abroad).

I voted this morning. I feel I can legitimately criticise those who are elected if I have taken part. Even though it was for who I think is the least bad.

YANBU to not vote

YABU if you complain in any way about pretty much anything wheb you didn't take the chance to have your say

I've always quite like this ad to sum it up

It's only for police commissioner in my area and I forgot to post my ballot paper. We're on holiday now so it's a bit late.

People died so that others have the freedom to choose to vote or not.

The suffragettes did not campaign for mandatory voting.

We only have the election for Police and crime commissioner here. I voted for the incumbent because even though I don't support their party affiliation (so had to hold my nose to vote for them) they've made it clear through their actions that they care about issues like domestic abuse and violence against women and girls. The other candidates either don't seem to care about women or are downright weird. So I voted to keep a vaguely OK person in post because the alternatives were terrible.

I am intending to go and vote this evening. Whether I actually do will depend on how the rest of the day plays out before then and whether I get the opportunity.

Is it the general election today? Thought I saw something about it being in July? 🫤