PCC Elections

[e_pepys]

I enjoy elections and think it is important to vote. So much so, I vote in two different countries where I am eligible to vote.

But I don't agree with today's PCC (Police and Crime Commissioner) elections. I think criminal justice is the one of the worst things to make directly elected (just look at elected prosecutors and judges in the US). So, I'

Comments

[parrot_knight]

I voted - I suspect that at 4pm voting in my part of Woodstock was still in single figures. We have the same preferred candidate, but spoiling my ballot did not occur to me.

[e_pepys]

Do you mean that spoiling the ballot is something you would never do, or is it something you might have done in this or another case?

[parrot_knight]

I'm not sure whether I would ever spoil a ballot, truthfully; but I can't rule it out. It never occured to me as an option, though.

[bibliogirl]

I think spoiling part of the ballot will kill the whole thing.

[e_pepys]

Oh well, that will send one of the messages I wanted to send, so fair enough.

[foreverdirt]

I wasn't sure what to do, either. In the end I voted for the people I wanted, but for the first time ever was tempted to spoil my ballot.

[e_pepys]

Yeah, my first time too. Previous times we got to vote on whether we wanted the vote (directly elected mayors, AV), even if the vote didn't always go as I'd have liked (AV, sigh).

[sparkymark]

I thought it was next week!

[e_pepys]

I hope you got to vote (or deliberately not vote) in time.

[sparkymark]

I only had to walk to the Community Centre over the road and by 9:30 the crowds had died down.

[e_pepys]

It's a good thing there weren't queues like in Florida

[t__m__i]

A nice pair of Italian heels?

[e_pepys]

I guess they can't tell until the results are counted. The BBC results page says "Turnout does not include spoilt ballot papers". But they should count spoilt ballots separately.