NewsWhore
05-13-2010, 05:00 PM
Youth movement La Revuelta is lobbying to get citizens who are not attracted by any of traditional political party candidates to express their displeasure by drawing or writing a large 'N' on the ballot, as reported in Clave.
Ninguno (None) initially sought to be included as an option in the 16 May congressional and municipal election, but the Central Electoral Board (JCE), while valuing the suggestion and describing it as democratic, said it had legal limitations and turned down the suggestion.
Maria del Mar Mella, speaking for the group, says the protest is way of expressing criticism while participating in the vote. Even if the person voted for a running candidate for either the congressional or municipal election, the vote would be annulled if the "none" choice is made. But the vote would be counted with the annulled votes, she explains.
Mella says that traditionally an average of 1% to 2% of votes are annulled. This time she says the votes for "none" would be the difference between the 1.7% average and the expected increase in annulled votes. The group is campaigning for better candidates in the future.
Clave reports that in the 2006 congressional and municipal election, of 5,369,064 eligible voters, abstention was 43.77% for congressional elections and 43.43% for municipal elections.
http://votaporninguno.org
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Ninguno (None) initially sought to be included as an option in the 16 May congressional and municipal election, but the Central Electoral Board (JCE), while valuing the suggestion and describing it as democratic, said it had legal limitations and turned down the suggestion.
Maria del Mar Mella, speaking for the group, says the protest is way of expressing criticism while participating in the vote. Even if the person voted for a running candidate for either the congressional or municipal election, the vote would be annulled if the "none" choice is made. But the vote would be counted with the annulled votes, she explains.
Mella says that traditionally an average of 1% to 2% of votes are annulled. This time she says the votes for "none" would be the difference between the 1.7% average and the expected increase in annulled votes. The group is campaigning for better candidates in the future.
Clave reports that in the 2006 congressional and municipal election, of 5,369,064 eligible voters, abstention was 43.77% for congressional elections and 43.43% for municipal elections.
http://votaporninguno.org
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)