Yeah, that’s not how to spoil a vote. An unscrupulous counter can mark one of the boxes for their preference and it would very likely still be allowed. The benchmark is basically has the voter clearly indicated a preference. And whilst you are not supposed to write elsewhere it would still likely pass that benchmark. And in a tight race with recounts it will absolutely be argued for it to be counted.
dmcirl on
Going by newstalk it sounds like spoiled votes may beat Heather Humphreys
TheStoicNihilist on
Ah, that’s sweet.
Fantastic_Section517 on
What language is that writing?
miju-irl on
Looking at some of the early tallies, it seems there could be more spoiled votes than actual votes for Humphries.
NoFewSatan on
Keeping with the tradition that vote-spoilers aren’t the brightest.
DartzIRL on
That’s a blank ballot, technically.
Additional_Olive3318 on
Is this picture taken at the count? Or what?
Chocolatehedgehog on
At least that’s likely a real vote. So many of the ’spoiled‘ ballots on social media are unfolded and thus clearly fake.
sureyouknowurself on
Large number of spoiled votes shows how limited the choice was for this election was.
I wonder there will be any reform on the selection process as a result.
Hairy-Ad-4018 on
Should vote counters be taking pictures of the votes ?
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We should’ve had or could have a Vice President !
Yeah, that’s not how to spoil a vote. An unscrupulous counter can mark one of the boxes for their preference and it would very likely still be allowed. The benchmark is basically has the voter clearly indicated a preference. And whilst you are not supposed to write elsewhere it would still likely pass that benchmark. And in a tight race with recounts it will absolutely be argued for it to be counted.
Going by newstalk it sounds like spoiled votes may beat Heather Humphreys
Ah, that’s sweet.
What language is that writing?
Looking at some of the early tallies, it seems there could be more spoiled votes than actual votes for Humphries.
Keeping with the tradition that vote-spoilers aren’t the brightest.
That’s a blank ballot, technically.
Is this picture taken at the count? Or what?
At least that’s likely a real vote. So many of the ’spoiled‘ ballots on social media are unfolded and thus clearly fake.
Large number of spoiled votes shows how limited the choice was for this election was.
I wonder there will be any reform on the selection process as a result.
Should vote counters be taking pictures of the votes ?