Get out and vote!

Victor

Just a request for everyone to get out and vote on Friday. I don't care which way you vote, but please do.

Aspro

Yeah, and don't forget yer feckin umbrellas!

Saruman

Will do so after work.. hehe i get to push buttons.. electronic voting!

Yeap, all do your best to vote-it's the only way to change things, or keep them the same, depending on what you want.
I've just voted in Arklow.
There were crowds there at around 4 p.m and the same at the other two local polling stations-despite the lashing rain.
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dahamsta

Will do so after work.. hehe i get to push buttons.. electronic voting!

Don't forget to bring a hammer so you can exercise your constitutional right to spoil your vote.

adam

Bateman

People should be fined for spoiling votes.

swiss

Originally posted by Bateman:

People should be fined for spoiling votes

I'm assuming your serious when you're saying this, in which case I think that's a little ridiculous. If a person spoils his/her vote it is either intentional or unintentional. If it's unintentional then there's little point in imposing a fine, it would be better if we were to try to explain the system a little bit better (although it is pretty simple) or else if the vote was spoiled because the numbers were illegible (sometimes the number 1 can look like the number 7 - for example) we can try to minimise this by either introducing electronic voting or else another more foolproof system.

If a person intentionally spoils their vote, this to me is the same as if they didn't vote at all. They just waste their own time, and the time of those counting the votes (although that only amounts to a few seconds). It's pointless and worthless, but hardly a criminal offence.

daveirl

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