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I'm not sure who told you that casting a blank ballot represents a "protest vote", but I assure you that is not how our current voting system is set up. To be
by kibwen 2y ago
I'm not sure who told you that casting a blank ballot represents a "protest vote", but I assure you that is not how our current voting system is set up.
To be clear, voting systems should have explicit options for protest votes; an explicit "I reject all candidates" option. Unfortunately, ours does not, by design; a blank ballot instead means "I endorse all candidates". Pretending otherwise will not change this.
- hammock 2y agoThese people did. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_vote https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_vote
- dylan604 2y agoPlaying the tape to the end, what happens is the protest votes win? Start a new election cycle? What happens if that cycle now extends past the end of the current admin’s term which cause their time in office to extend beyond 2 terms? How do you then prevent the incumbent from using that to their advantage to stay in office? Jeebus, I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but dems the times we live in I guess.
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