[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think it's a decent way to protest if you really can't bring yourself to vote for anyone. Not voting at all will just go down as "couldn't be bothered" where as a deliberately spoiled vote says, "I want to vote, I made the effort but none of you represent me"

I always remember when I was young listening to the count in Ireland as my grandmother had great interest in politics, and wondered how people could spoil their votes when it was such a simple thing to put a x in a box, it was only years later I understood they simply couldn't bring themselves to vote for any of the parties but wanted their vote registered at the same time