they do now!
I was at the Euro count in the NIA in Birmingham a week ago last Sunday - and it's changed a bit: the candidates DO get to see the rejected ballots... - I have got to say at this point that even if there is no one on the ballot you really want to vote FOR then there is almost always someone you want to vote AGAINST - like those BNP fuck-cunt-twat-wankers.
(brumguvnor www.twitter.com/brumguvnor, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 8:46, 1 reply)

Oh I forgot that
Yes they do see the ballot forms but the adjudicator has the say if they are spoilt or not, so it's still a waste of time. I'm all for the "protest vote" to stop the BNP etc but to travel all the way to the polling booth simply just to ruin the form seems silly. They'd be better off putting their specific frustrations into a properly worded letter and posting it to the candidate
( h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:45, closed)

Not at all
...spoiled votes are still counted.

It's a 'none of the above' vote, and still sends a message to all the candidates.

Imagine if 60% of people spoiled their votes? That message would be pretty clear to all, I would think.

Not voting wouldn't do the same as they convince themselves of a variety of reasons for why people didn't turn out.
(dchurch bah, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:11, closed)