tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post6551549536280895171..comments2023-11-05T09:33:58.583+00:00Comments on Nuts in May: Where Were The Voters?Maggie Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-12295467218876695132011-05-09T15:02:16.154+01:002011-05-09T15:02:16.154+01:00I'm with you.. I just can't imagine not ex...I'm with you.. I just can't imagine not exercising my right. We had our federal election last Monday and our numbers at the poll were actually up considerably.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-6932650258526798822011-05-07T22:41:08.728+01:002011-05-07T22:41:08.728+01:00PS
Just read Working Mums comment, and totally agr...PS<br />Just read Working Mums comment, and totally agree with her too!Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-63618245237078269892011-05-07T22:38:23.507+01:002011-05-07T22:38:23.507+01:00Exactly Maggie!!
I dragged my 2 along after schoo...Exactly Maggie!!<br /><br />I dragged my 2 along after school at about 4.15, they moaned about why I had to go to vote and I said the same as your parents, women died for us to have this right, I'm certainly not going to let them die for nothing now!<br /><br />When we got there, it was depressing to see no one else there at all, and the poor people running it had seen almost no one at all for the whole day. What's wrong with people? It's hardly a hardship to turn up, even if it's only to 'spoil' your paper in displeasure!<br /><br />I think compulsory voting is a good idea as long as there is enough choice.<br /><br />(Stepping off soap box...)Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-48820014161690667812011-05-07T18:17:12.873+01:002011-05-07T18:17:12.873+01:00Working Mum......... yes, I do understand and it i...Working Mum......... yes, I do understand and it is very frustrating because I experience the same thing. too. <br />I was also hoping for a PR and thought that the AV was slipped in to put people off. it really wouldn't suit the two major parties to win this vote so you can guess I don't support either of them!<br />Maggie xMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-1551676072836350502011-05-07T17:51:18.153+01:002011-05-07T17:51:18.153+01:00Yeah it's easy to be complacent when you have ...Yeah it's easy to be complacent when you have it so good. The chance to vote is just a dream for so many people in places ruled by ruthless dictators. We are very lucky.<br />(p.s. This is GoneBackSouth under a new guise by the way) xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-34189357143864385382011-05-07T16:19:12.955+01:002011-05-07T16:19:12.955+01:00Dear Maggie- I am so very fortunate to live in the...Dear Maggie- I am so very fortunate to live in the first country that gave women the vote - NZ women have had this right since 1893, and we had great celebrations in 1993.<br /><br />Here the "local body" elections (councils, regional councils, health boards etc....) are by a postal vote, which I find very useful as there are so many to pick from and multiple to chose in each category. This year we have a general election in November - we have already been told the date (which I can't remember).<br /><br />Like you, I share the view that those who don't make the (small, minor) effort to vote should have zilcho right to later complain council or govt wise.<br /><br />BTW - voting is compulsory in Australia!<br /><br />XXXXX Michelle XXXXXMickle in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432796020646607634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-31115876729391591452011-05-07T15:29:25.152+01:002011-05-07T15:29:25.152+01:00I think a lot of my generation (Thatcher's chi...I think a lot of my generation (Thatcher's children) are either disillusioned or apathetic. I've lived in three constituencies and in all three my vote did not count at all. Throughout my voting life I have lived in 'safe' seats so there's not point in my voting since my chosen party will never win and I never feel represented at local or national level. With the first past the post system my vote will never, ever be counted. Is this democracy? <br /><br />However, I have still exercised my right to vote in every election since I turned 18. <br /><br />I duly voted on Thursday, although I would have liked to have been voting for Proportional Representation rather than AV. The current system favours those in power so they will seek to keep it so and their cries the next day of "the people don't want a change" are incorrect, the people didn't want AV! - ask them if they want PR! But the party in power will never ask for PR because they will lose their power!<br /><br />Sorry for the rant, but after 23 years of voting, I'm becoming disillusioned!Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243697047355131343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-34861298103533989722011-05-07T14:31:54.393+01:002011-05-07T14:31:54.393+01:00Yes to voting!!
(We are celebrating mother's ...Yes to voting!!<br /><br />(We are celebrating mother's day weekend here. There isn't a day of the year that a mother isn't special. So Happy Mother's Day to you!)What About The Girl?https://www.blogger.com/profile/00551227929697269183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-14191141003754031712011-05-07T10:30:14.894+01:002011-05-07T10:30:14.894+01:00I was always taught that I should vote and I alway...I was always taught that I should vote and I always have. I really do not understand why people would not want to exercise their right to vote. Good post Maggie. Hope you have a good weekend. xHappy Frog and Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679066739313347920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-72618713672036775352011-05-07T01:46:57.215+01:002011-05-07T01:46:57.215+01:00I can't see it ever being compulsory in this c...I can't see it ever being compulsory in this country, but it infuriates me that so many people don't vote. And then they complain about the outcome anyway!secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-22752490457206359382011-05-07T00:33:22.932+01:002011-05-07T00:33:22.932+01:00I was taught that if people before me had fought f...I was taught that if people before me had fought for a right, then it is my duty to uphold that right. I agree with you wholeheartedly!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-68081173993314382392011-05-06T20:24:07.753+01:002011-05-06T20:24:07.753+01:00I always vote, national elections down to local le...I always vote, national elections down to local levies for schools. I think it is the older of us who vote most regularly. I think its important and important to email our reps and let them know what we think. I'm working on my grandkids trying to interest them in what is happening here.Celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485118642482033233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-73820022706079129732011-05-06T18:55:14.480+01:002011-05-06T18:55:14.480+01:00This post definitely has my VOTE! I agree wholehea...This post definitely has my VOTE! I agree wholeheartedly with your analysis of the voting process and have always voted for almost 40 years now! (OKay, there was a time -about 7 years worth -when I lived in Maryland and didn't vote -mainly because I had no clue as to where to go to register and then to vote. Not a very good excuse, I know, but it's the truth of how my life was back then.) Around here -well probably throughout the whole country I believe -voter apathy is rampant. We all bitch and complain about the government from time to time -sometimes, all the time -but so many people do that and yet, refuse to go pull that lever or make their mark in the polls. That's your opportunity to make that difference, change things on the local, state and federal level then by exercising your right to vote. Just do it! If everyone did just that, I'm betting we'd have a whole new group of reps and senators in our state capital and in Washington then too -which I often believe is just exactly what our government here needs too!Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-5307172288515379962011-05-06T16:30:45.706+01:002011-05-06T16:30:45.706+01:00It's very worrying if the younger folk don'...It's very worrying if the younger folk don't vote, as when they get to being older folk, will they still not vote? What happens to the country then? There's a rising tide of apathy, alas.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-51759165328819552102011-05-06T14:56:44.040+01:002011-05-06T14:56:44.040+01:00Thinking of suffragettes makes me seethe with ange...Thinking of suffragettes makes me seethe with anger. We've come a long way. Heck yes, I always vote.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-65912342419628177082011-05-06T14:05:10.245+01:002011-05-06T14:05:10.245+01:00I have always used my vote every election.I feel m...I have always used my vote every election.I feel my one can perhaps make that winning difference. At least my voice is being heard.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-89459983841360803322011-05-06T13:26:53.588+01:002011-05-06T13:26:53.588+01:00If you force people to vote when they don't wa...If you force people to vote when they don't want to (for whatever reason) then there's a very good chance they will vote 'stupidly'. All it would take would be a facebook campaign to encourage people to vote for the least popular and most ridiculous party. If a facebook campaign can succeed in getting a ridiculous song to the number one chart position at Christmas (so that the x factor winner didn't), then that's scary stuff.Elaine Denninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640829930815645105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-36131525708868491352011-05-06T13:22:08.183+01:002011-05-06T13:22:08.183+01:00Even if voting were compulsory, some people would ...Even if voting were compulsory, some people would not bother. Look at other laws that people refuse to follow. Like car insurance. Or drugs.<br />You have a good attitude, and you remind us all that we live in a place where we still have the right to vote.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-40207746496991225342011-05-06T13:11:13.458+01:002011-05-06T13:11:13.458+01:00always vote, even if there is no good choice...hav...always vote, even if there is no good choice...have to use you voice so you dont lose it you know...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-26302460203489095132011-05-06T12:25:09.634+01:002011-05-06T12:25:09.634+01:00Same thing happens here...apathy!! Corruption in ...Same thing happens here...apathy!! Corruption in politics and saturation by the media!! It is sad!<br />I vote too<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573997081449536840.post-38869325918998852812011-05-06T11:57:34.653+01:002011-05-06T11:57:34.653+01:00I can't even imagine not exercising my right t...I can't even imagine not exercising my right to vote! People think their vote doesn't matter are so ignorant and their the first to complain.Formerly known as Frauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798890008067408048noreply@blogger.com