No Vote Campaign
Feb 9 2006 19:10
I know it is hella long way off at the moment but I have been thinking about lately, on the issue of organsing a No Vote campaign in my local constituents area. What got me thinking, for the last couple of months I have been buying copies of Private Eye. Then it dawn on me by not voting in a surreal way actually makes sentence, it only encourages them.
It as it I have seen the “light” at long last. o.k. I admit it has taken a long time coming, by not voting is not a wasted vote. It is a vote, yup I know I am sounding like a turd at this very moment in time so I will stop talking out of my pants. All I can asked if people here who uses to regularly vote read a couple months worth of private eye (or whatever!) then you really do begin to get the true picture of this privatisation culture. Curiously if a No Vote was organise nationally i.e. stop duplicate in the same constituents (unlikely I know.) would people be up for it?
As for those who loves visiting the joys of the polling booth. Tusk! Well there's a way around that, what the hell vote for them all. Your vote become instantly invalid.
Anycase organising something like this, it's not if time is a pressing concern.
Feb 9 2006 21:12
#2
in small communisties, votes count, in the vote for the next president or prime minister, a vote wont make a difference, the party with the most money will win. 
Feb 9 2006 23:14
#3
In my view no vote campaigns could prove more effective at a council level. The difficulty always is tho that you run the risk of strengthening the enemy's hand, and it makes precious little sense if, like me, you already live a constituency where less than half vote at all anyway.
No voting campaigns where there's a PR system like in the Scottish Parliament is outright stupid because you could just strengthen labour's iron grip, instead of getting a few more socialists into parliament.
The principle behind a no vote campaign tho is a good one and we should think about other ways we might go about doing the same thing - perpetually undermining the encumbant's credibility to their constituents to the extent that they have great difficulty doing 'their job' - without running such a campaign. it would be good to find a bit of dirt on some councillor, wait until they are elected, then dish the dirt every time you see their ugly mug, publish how they vote on every major issue, and generally make their name mud.
The trouble with an antivoting campaign is that even if only three people vote and two of them vote labour, then you've got a labour encumbant, as much as they might look a bit sheepish being 'duly elected'. Maybe it's better just to annihilate them in other ways while pushing for socialism on the real political front.
Feb 9 2006 23:31
#4
Feb 10 2006 00:07
#5
Hi
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In my view no vote campaigns could prove more effective at a council level
Ho ho. Judging by the usual turn out, they seem to quite effective enough as it is.
Love
LR
Feb 10 2006 16:57
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Quote:In my view no vote campaigns could prove more effective at a council level
Ho ho. Judging by the usual turn out, they seem to quite effective enough as it is.
Yeah where i live we get about 20% turnout in council elections. Also it will be my first time to vote this year so i think i might just to see what irs like.
I did a no vote thing ages ago in bradford. I dont think anyone got it.