Comments on: Vote! http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/06/10/vote/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: kevin http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/06/10/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:35:34 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=626#comment-1651 I agree on compulsory voting. It’s not that much of an effort to fill in a bit of paper. And while the ‘I don’t do politics’ ads are bloody awful, they make a decent point.

]]> By: Jack http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/06/10/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:03:24 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=626#comment-1650 why can’t they do that here?

Because everyone would start bleating about it infringing their civil liberties.

If you had an ‘I abstain’ or ‘none of the above’ option on the ballot, I can’t really see any problems with compulsory voting.

And what a kicking Labour got in England & Wales! Although not as bad as the one they got when Hague was leading the Tories, and that didn’t exactly translate into a victory for them at the next General Election.

]]> By: generalape http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/06/10/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 03:40:24 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=626#comment-1649 did it, done it.

not fucking easy tho. finding polling station was tricky.

and little promotion of parties save one or two leaflets through the door.

apparently germany was bored to death with the “advertising”.

]]> By: stirmonster http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/06/10/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:12:23 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=626#comment-1648 the elections in belgium are on sunday. my belgian friend dirk who is visiting me on sunday had to change his flight to a later one as otherwise he would have had to pay a 1000 euro fine for not voting. why can’t they do that here?

]]> By: Jack http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/06/10/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1647 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:20:40 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=626#comment-1647 The lady in the polling station told me that, at her guess, this was heading to be the worst turnout she’d ever seen. And that was before it started raining.

I wish we had compulsory voting, like in Australia and elsewhere.

]]> By: badgergirl http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/06/10/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1646 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:04:40 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=626#comment-1646 I’ll be voting!!

i have also encouraged others to vote

so heres hoping people make an effort

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