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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Oh come on Osem they only care about the number of official votes we have had numerous governments elected with a minority of the voting population supporting them. Now start a campaign to have "none of the above" included and officially recognised and I'm right there with you but a spoilt vote under the currant system is nothing meaningful.
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Only because the numbers of spoiled papers are so small. If everyone suddenly bothered to turn out there's no way they could legitimately claim that what went from an average 40% turnout to 100% with 60% spoilt ballots could be anything other than most people voting effectively for none of the above. If more people bothered to vote and spoiled their papers that'd be the best possible argument for including a 'none of he above' option. As it is, it's too easy for one side or other to claim that the missing votes are just loyal supporters not bothering in safe seats for example. As long as they can argue that and the turnouts are low they won't change anything and will benefit from apathy one way or the other.