General Election - None Of The Above

[Steve Ramon]

NONE OF THE ABOVE

To give the UK electotrate the option of voting for None of the above (NOTA) at the next general election

Positions:

1. Legitimate consent requires the ability to withhold consent; therefore, the legitimate consent of voters requires they be able to withhold consent.
2. If you don't vote, your silence is taken as consent.
3. Labour
4. Conservative
5. NOTA X

Statement of Principle: All legitimate consent requires the ability to withhold consent; therefore, the legitimate consent of voters requires they be able to withhold their consent in an election to office.

Welcome to NOTA. A political organistation that seeks to increase the participation of the electorate at elections. The last General Election 2005 Recorded a turnout of 61% of the electorate. A minority of that 61% voted for the now Government giving them a sizeable majority in the House of Commons of

At the time there was both disappointment and anxiety amongst all shades of the political class and the idea of a positive abstention 'None of the Above' was on the agenda.

The count down for the next election has began and the collective wisdom of the self proclaimed independent Electoral Commission and our Government have ruled that the option of a positive abstention has been at best, put on the back burner.

Not only do our political masters deny us, the electorate, the option of voting against all with a cross placed in the box with the heading 'None of the Above, they have also prohibited the expression 'None of the above' as a title for registration of a political party. It is the only explicit expression prohibited.

Thus we have registered as NOTA. If you want to have the opportunity to make a Positive Abstention at the next General Election JOIN NOTA and spread the word.

Terry."

If you believe that politicians are the servants not the masters of we, the majority, then why not send a resounding message to political leaders and all the political parties that the reason why so many people do not vote is not because of apathy but because of mistrust.

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Thank you

Steve Ramon