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Originally Posted by Chris T
Ah, a personal bugbear of mine. I absolutely hate the fact that the party activists are standing there to hassle me on my way out of the polling station. I prefer my vote to be absolutely anonymous in every way, which includes them not knowing if I've even been there.
Where I used to live there were always a couple of old codgers (one Labour, one Tory) sat there with their rosettes on, asking everybody their name on the way out and giving no indication that this information was voluntary and not part of the electoral process. I always declined to give them any information, much to their immense surprise. I think they had forgotten that they are not part of the electoral process either.
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I'm with you on this one Chris - the ballot is supposed to be 100% secret, so why should anyone know if I've been there or not?
As for stopping them coming to my door later in the day - I don't get home until around 6 in the evening and won't be voting until after that so, if they want to waste a journey to get to my house, they are perfectly entitled to. If, however, I happen to be in when / if they come round, I hope that they won't be too disheartened with the rousing 'Sod Off!' that they will receive, as it will
still be no business of theirs if I vote or not.