Protest vote

Below is a list of ways of casting a protest vote. Note that the list is formulated as if it was a ballot paper, so that we can move to the voting stage with minimal waste of time and ink. One can imagine that this ballot paper is a "dot point" list with dots replaced by ranking squares "[___]", with a few comments to gradually familiarize users with the system. Note the "WW" option inspired by American usages, and the "V" option inspired by Russian usage.

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                    Acorn Standard Ballot 2004A14^1107 Protest Votes

Protest Votes can be cast by the following:

DD [___] Not voting at all.

EE [___] Going to vote, obtaintaining ballot paper, but leaving ballot blank.

FF [___] Writing rude words or slogans on ballot paper.

GG [___] Casting vote for extreme or stupid candidate.

HH [___] In Instant Runoff Voting, putting big parties next to last or last.

WW [___] (write-in) ____________ ______________ _____________ ____________

V [___] (void below line) ====== ============== ============= ============

Number all the squares "[___]" 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 in order of your preferences. Votes tallied using Instant Runoff Voting, aka Preferential Voting.

This Acorn Standard Ballot can be used to tally voting using other voting systems such as First Past The Post, Approval Voting, etc. The best way to choose the best voting system is surely to count the same issue using the different methods. AWS2004A14^1116.

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