tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post1056658596090347457..comments2023-11-05T12:04:50.649+00:00Comments on COUNCILLOR ANDREW BURNS' REALLY BAD BLOG: Spoiled ballot papersAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-35010582743196075872007-05-07T12:00:00.000+01:002007-05-07T12:00:00.000+01:00Thanks for the repliesThanks for the repliesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-21232284387249631912007-05-06T14:55:00.000+01:002007-05-06T14:55:00.000+01:00Andrea'Edinburgh' has beaten me too it ... and is ...Andrea<BR/><BR/>'Edinburgh' has beaten me too it ... and is quite correct in answer!<BR/><BR/>What you describe, did happen a bit (and is fine if as a Green you don't want to vote for any of the main Party constituency candidates), but it wasn't a substantial problem in number.<BR/><BR/>What I was refering to, was thousands (literally) of people voting for one of the four main parties on the list and then NOT voting for any of their candidates on the constituency side of the ticket.<BR/><BR/>I'm certain this was a mistake, on their part, and they thought "job done" having voted once.<BR/><BR/>The fall-out from all of this will throw up some obvious problems - i.e. in Glasgow and Edinburgh bold arrows were removed from the ballot paper (that clearly showed were to vote) because of the number of parties/Independents on the list making the ballot paper too big for the scanning machines!<BR/><BR/>STV for Holyrood the only, obvious answer ;-))<BR/><BR/>AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-70597069244797031112007-05-06T13:54:00.000+01:002007-05-06T13:54:00.000+01:00Andrea, the one X on the Regional "ballot paper" p...Andrea, the one X on the Regional "ballot paper" part of your combined "ballot sheet" would be counted as one vote for the Green Party. The absence of any mark on the Constituency "ballot paper" part of the combined "ballot sheet" would be classed as "Blank or Void for uncertainty" and so it would be tallied among the "spoilt papers" for the Constituency ONLY.James Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374325929212547383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-64107400000325710392007-05-06T12:09:00.000+01:002007-05-06T12:09:00.000+01:00If, for ex, I had voted Greens in the regional lis...If, for ex, I had voted Greens in the regional list vote and then nothing on the constituency part, how would have been considered? A vote for the Greens in the list and an abstantion on the constituency vote? Or would have been considered a spoiled paper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com