"Politics will never let it. All camps, from left to right," wrote Prof. Stanisław Żerko on portal X. Over 13 years of the "Citizens decide" run of the civilian Affairs Institute shows that organization concrete does not allow. Still, it's worth a fight due to the fact that a drop digs concrete.
What's the alleged political class not allowing? It does not let Poles and Poles who do not want to support any of the candidates in the elections to have the right to cast an crucial vote. Today, erstwhile you go to the election and knowingly cross out all the candidates, Your choice is counted as a void vote. You land in 1 bag with those who have “not understood the rules of the vote”, “were wrong”, “we cannot put the cross in the right place”, not adults into democracy.
As Prof. Żerko pointed out: "Citizen: Be aware that erstwhile you deliberately cast an invalid voice during the election, you end up automatically in 1 group with illiterates, complete morons and people so drunk that they can't hit a square with a cross."
Furthermore, any voters do not go to elections due to the fact that they have no 1 to vote for and they do not want their vote to be noted as invalid.
How do we solve this problem?
All you gotta do is put on the ballot card, at the end of the list of candidates, a separate box marked “none of the above”.
Citizens who want to show a red card to the full political class should have the right to cast an crucial vote.
What about Poles and Poles?
Let us give the level to the citizens who comment so on social media, adding the box "None of the above" on the ballot: "Good initiative. Removing everyone or giving up an empty card is simply a invalid card, and so the vote is valid and I point out explicitly that no of the candidates convinced us to vote’; "Oh, I would yet have a reason to go to elections." "There is always speculation, it can be said that it is an accident, a distraction or a mistake. An invalid voice is different than a conscious choice of specified a field on the card; "I support this social initiative, it is simply a large idea"; "A year ago I had already argued that there should be specified a column on the list for all choices. At least once. It would show what a large part of society thinks and why there is specified a low turnout." ‘A beautiful idea, I have written it by hand before’. "And I like this thought very much. I haven't had a candidate I truly want to vote for in the 2nd circular in years. I do it with heartache and then they tell me that half the Poles supported this or that. There should be a clear message on how many people truly support the first individual in the country." "If politicians saw how many of us do not accept the mediocre candidates they put up, possibly they would offer us better ones? announcement that we must choose from those who are offered by organization presidents!’ "At least you could go to elections, mark something you agree with"; ‘I am in favour. For a long time, I believe that the absence of specified a heading limits democracy’; "It should be to know how many people want to cast an crucial vote, but for nobody. Now you can either boycott (the sack: the lazy who do not care about democracy) or cast a void vote (the bag: the morons incapable to fill out the ballot cards)".
Not all citizens are enthusiasts of the "None of the above" initiative, but besides opposers. A fewer comments: "It is foolish, mindless, there is always little evil"; “And what does that do? Elections are to choose someone. If individual doesn't have a candidate, they don't go to vote at all or cast a void vote. Adding specified a 3rd grid makes no sense"; "Artificial problem. You can go and return an empty card.”
Well. I think that the opponents of “any of the above” are with us, but they do not know it yet.
What do Polish politicians say?
"Such voices are an emergency for the political class, which we should not underestimate. That is why it is worth introducing a akin line to all the votes in which we choose circumstantial people" – admitted Marek Wójcik of the Civic Platform, a associate of the election code committee, in a conversation with Newsweek in 2010. associate of Parliament V, VI, VII and VIII of the term, and since 2023 the Silesian Voivodeship, 1 said, the another did. All you gotta do is follow up, for example. Legislative process of the "Parliament's Draft Act – Electoral Code" (print No 1568). Mr Wójcik did not, in the course of the parliamentary work, propose to add the box "None of the above" on the electoral card.
We besides have political blackmail. The parties, on the 1 hand, call on Poles and Poles to go to elections, due to the fact that it is simply a "citizen's duty", and on the another hand the same parties are silent about "none of the above" due to the fact that it strikes their interests. erstwhile again, I give the level to Prof. Stanisław Żerce: “I will repeat: don’t be fooled by the moronic comments that participation in the vote is any “citizen duty”. It's not. We are waiting for the box “None of the above”, then we will go to the urn.”
Sheep, Fig, Paweł KuczyńskiGentlemen, let's number the votes.
The 2020 presidential elections in Poland were held in 2 rounds – on 28 June and 12 July 2020. In the first round, 58,301 citizens voted void, representing about 0.3% of all voters. In the second circular 177,724 votes were cast void, which represented about 0.86% of all votes cast.
Were 177,724 citizens in favour of the option "none of the above" or do they not know how to put up a cross?
In the first round, with 30 204 684 eligible to vote, 10,711,984 people did not take part in the election, which represented about 35,49% of the eligible. In the second round, with 30,268,460 right to vote, 9,622,825 people did not take part in the election, which represented about 31.82% of the eligible.
Did 10,711,984 citizens "vote" in favour of the "none of the above" option?
What, erstwhile he wins “none of the above”?
What if no of the above wins? There are respective possibilities. At the Institute, we propose that Polish and Polish people find the answer to this question within the framework of nationwide civilian panel. After all, the Constitution of the Republic of Poland states: “The authority of the authority in the Republic of Poland belongs to the Nation. The Nation shall exercise authority by its representatives or directly.” Remember? Constitution!
Evil is evil
"The vote given to “noone of the above” is simply a citizen's vote for an alternative. At a time like this – transitional – this option may be more constructive than “minor evil”. Why accept lesser evil erstwhile you can effort to build something that is better?” says prof. Monika Koster.
"Evil is evil, Stregobor. Smaller, bigger, medium, all the same, proportions are contractual, boundaries are blurred. I'm not a saint, I've done no good in life. But if I gotta choose between 1 evil and another, I like not to choose at all," said the witch Geralt of Rivia.
Uncovered promises, financial scandals, vague connections... Are these people expected to represent Poland, and so us? Enough!
A voice for "minor evil" is inactive evil.
