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Originally Posted by Betonov
It needs an empty seat then. No vote is no politician. Now (at least here) it's the percentage of votes that count. 10% for the right, 10% for the left and 80% for noone still means that 45 left and 45 right seats will be taken.
They want null ballots, it leaves the party sheeple to decide  |
I agree but I think it'd be a lot easier to get it going by making it an advisory. Election do-overs can come later.
My thinking is that a "none of the above" choice would serve to consolidate the politically disaffected into a statistically significant group that cannot be ignored by the pols or the media. Right now it's too easy to dismiss large percentages of the electorate as just the supporters of fringe groups when the overwhelming majority of them are really just expressing dissatisfaction with the mainstream parties.
Give the people a recognized way to protest the current slate of candidates and it won't be so easy to ignore them.