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Spoil Ballot Paper.

How do I spoil a ballot paper? Just write none of the above? Is it still counted?

DawnTy Sat 26/04/08 22:31

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weggiewabbit
Sat 26/04/08
22:34

Putting a cross in every box should do the trick.

In A Pickle
Sun 27/04/08
00:44

As weggiewabbit says a tick in all the boxes counts as spoiled.
Also:~
No boxes at all filled
A line through all boxes.
A Political statement written in the boxes.
In fact anything that is not just a cross in ONE box will make it a spoiled paper.

Mr Veritas
Thurs 01/05/08
22:10

Go into the toilet and wipe it on your ar$e!

rotti
Fri 02/05/08
20:04

Why would you want to? You only get one vote so why go to the bother of spoiling it? If you don't want to use the vote properly, don't go to the polling station!

Just hope one of your ancestors wasn't a suffragette!

dancunian
Thurs 26/06/08
18:36

Technically a vote is only counted if it is one cross in one box.

However in reality the returning officer will accept a vote if it clearly indicates the intention of the voter.

I have seen on ballot paper in which all boxes were crossed except for one, which was ticked.

It was counted in four of the candidate to whom had the "tick"

Most spoils are deliberate, and usually by supporters of parties not represented.

Simply folding the paper and placing in the despatch box quite untouched will leave it counted as a spoilt ballot.

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