I voted

[sparkindarkness]

I voted yes for AV.

I'm not a fan of AV, not really. It's better than FPTP, certainly. But a kick in the stomach is better than a knee to the groin. Being better isn't the highest of praise. Sadly, everyone I know seems to be voting no for it – and solely to spite the Lib Dems who they loathe with a fiery passion. I share their loathing but not their methods.

On the Council I voted for whoever would keep the Tories and the Lib Dems out – which isn't especially hopeful here, but I have to try. I don't want or trust either of them but will likely be saddled with both.

I had a snarly argument out the front of the polling place since it was nearly blocked with elderly Tories trying to force election literature on people. I don't need the bigots blocking the way to vote and I don't to have their pamphlets with their tripe pressed on me when I try to vote it pisses me off it does.

I had a second anger moment because I had to REMOVE said Tory pamphlet tripe from out of my voting cubicle before I could vote. Not even remotely amused.

Comments

[brewsternorth]

Aren't there laws/byelaws against electioneering within a certain radius of a polling station? If not, there should be by grief. (There's a polling place near my neck of the woods where they actually have by law to put up signs saying "No electioneering beyond this point" whenever there's an election on.)

Yes, AV is not everyone's cup of tea including mine, but if we can get people to think outside the FPTP box there's a chance to aim at something better.