Voter apathy is easily dismissed but why vote if you don’t feel that any of them represent you? I feel we need to reform our electoral system to re-engage people. I favour a ‘None of the Above’ option on all ballots. There was a party called None of the Above campaigning on this issue at the last election, they didn’t get very far, it costs too much to field candidates but they did get some onto the ballot. Shortly after the last election the government enacted a law to ban the name None of the Above from appearing on ballots. They were obviously worried.

Your options are basically ‘agree with the status quo’ or ‘keep it shut’, assent or silence. Dissent is obviously not allowed.

There may be another way to push them though: deliberately fouling your ballot.

Fouled ballots are counted, a statistically significant increase in fouled ballots, coupled with a campaign encouraging the same could arguably give a voice to those of us who are disaffected.

Given recent revelations about our political classes and their cynical exploitation of expenses perhaps the time is ripe for this sort of direct action?

You seem to care, why would you write if you didn’t?

You dirty little man!

I’ve set up a facebook group today (I’m the only member so far, so maybe I’m barking up the wrong tree!?) to try to urge those, like me, who can’t, in all conscience, give their vote to any of the big three.

Please take a look, join if you like it, send me abuse if you don’t but please pass it on.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/group.php?gid=254176783772&ref=nf