general election vote

[John Shaft]

Who's the fucking Nazi that's decided to vote for the Immigration Control Platform?

[Rayden]

i cant understand why ppl continue to vote for the same parties again and again. Why dont ppl vote for a legit change in govt? I cant see the difference between FG and FF.

[espensen]

Numbers wise, how much of a majority does the govt hold now as regards seats?

[T_Tronic]

Numbers wise, how much of a majority does the govt hold now as regards seats?

77 FF 51 FG 20 Lab 6 Gr 4 SF 2 PD 6 oth
41.6% 27.3% 10.1% 4.7% 6.9% 2.7% 6.7%

[luther]

i cant understand why ppl continue to vote for the same parties again and again. Why dont ppl vote for a legit change in govt? I cant see the difference between FG and FF.

Butter the devil you know is the thinking of most...........

[Prickly]

I can't 'not vote' - it's wrong. But when I look at the list I can't see anyone I'd want to vote for - their all useless, or worse.
Something has got to change.
I'll have to defer my vote on this poll until that change happens. (Not holding my breath!)

[espensen]

If anyone does NOT vote, they lose the right to complain.

[luther]

If anyone does NOT vote, they lose the right to complain.

That will..............

[carlos marvado]

If anyone does NOT vote, they lose the right to complain.

In some countries you are obliged to vote by law and you get fined if you don't vote.

Now at the time of the European Parliament elections last year, the total electorate in the Republic was 3,199,289. On the basis of that figure, if say 65% voted in a general election, then some 1,120,000 approx. would have not been crossed out at the nations polling stations as having registered to collect a ballot paper. Some of those will obviously have a good reason for not showing to vote e.g. were abroad at the time/not in their own constituency, in hospital etc, etc. Elections should be held on Sundays, as is the case in many European countries, so that less people have some excuse for not voting. If say half have a valid reason for not being able to vote, and this should include infirmity (those aged over say 70 or 75 should not be legally obliged to have to vote), then some 560,000 people would remain as a source of extra revenue for the state. At say a €100 fine per head, the state would take in some € 56 million, or 4 times the cost of the inoculation programme against cervical cancer for teenage girls. And the beauty is, we don't just have General elections, we also have elections to the European Parliament/Local Government elections (held on the same day), Presidential Elections, Referendums. So instead of taxing the public sector workers or the private sector workers, let's go after the lazy apolitical couch potatoes and fine our way out of this recession.

Hey Westie, did that rant wake you Brother?

[Westsidex]

I can't 'not vote' - it's wrong. But when I look at the list I can't see anyone I'd want to vote for - their all useless, or worse.
Something has got to change.
I'll have to defer my vote on this poll until that change happens. (Not holding my breath!)

Its no more wrong than voting for an imaginary democracy is it?

Democracy is long dead here,
Westside.