Tuesday, May 3, 2011

More Important First - Spoiling Your Vote

To all who are eligible for voting but unsure of which party to vote for and so you consider to do the coolest thing by voiding your vote a.k.a. spoiling your vote, please do it with care.

A single cross (X) in either box for the political party you support will do the trick if you have decided. If not, the best way to void your vote is to leave it completely blank and submit it. Any marks or you're trying to be funny and decide to spit on one box, leaving your green colour phlegm in either box, they might still count the vote as valid.

When you draw a big big cross on the entire slip, becareful of where the center of the cross lies as where it lends, the vote will still be given to the other party. If you plan to draw a stick man, a house, flowers and rainbows, make sure it appears identically on both boxes. Any one with an additional drawing or if the stickman has longer limbs than the other, it might insinuate that you would like to vote for the other party. (this is a joke, you wouldn't want to hog the voting booth for an hour would you?)

Besides leaving it blank, you can put a cross in both boxes or as mentioned above, draw the same pictures in both boxes. As long as it does not have a chance to insinuate your choice for a particular party (just to play it safe)

Anyway, why would you want to spoil your vote? Your vote when void, will increase the % of the total votes remaining. E.g. 100 people but 97 people void it, left 3, each vote now carries 33.33% so if 2 vote for Ban Party and the other 1 vote for Max Party, the results are pretty straightforward.

Everyone who can vote is an adult. All of us are 21 and above. Be responsible, take this time to decide and vote for a particular party instead of leaving it in the hands of the others to select the outcome for you. Would you be happy when that happens? Your next 5 years of your life are at stake here. Go think about it! ;)

7 comments:

degui said...

haha i dun understand some jokers, voting is everyone's rare and powerful right, y throw it away.. its the only time to think like a CEO while the rest of the political parties r jus sitting on the meeting table like a employee looking at u for decision, then can choose to say "ur fired" donald trumpt style to a team tat you dun want them up there..

max said...

Yes, you are right and the example you use is true. During the elections in a Democratic Society, people have the power to chose who is in and who is not.

A once every 5 years chance to control the fate of these ministers however, you cannot leave out the fact that there will be some people who are stuck and unable to make the a choice. Can you vote? You can right?

degui said...

haha im 20 now, 21 in oct :(

max said...

hahaha.. next election man!

Remorseful said...
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Remorseful said...

But when you are facing the decision to vote an airhead/joker vs a group of airhead/jokers... i think voiding your vote shows your non confidence in either group being unable to fully represent your constituency...

max said...

Hello moonwalker! Voiding your vote only increases the % of other voters and since you only vote once every 5 years, would you not make a choice and chose who you think is the better team to lead rather than voiding it?