I gave the most obnoxious candidate 27, then started down from number 1. But a final review revealed I had awarded two number 12s
ballot paper, this voter decided on some instant gratification. A firm 27 beside the most obnoxious candidate before voting upwards through the less rabid contenders. Keeping the far-right out of any count permutations for as long as possible seemed at least as important as voting for favourites.
So I started to work my way down from number 1 instead, arriving back at number 12. A final review revealed that I had awarded two number 12s. And that I now ranked among that much derided category of bumblers who spoil their vote. In a nearby cubicle another benighted voter was reading through the ballot paper, hissing the names audibly and with growing exasperation. It takes a certain confidence to hold your nerve in a constricted little space with neighbours beyond the curtain wondering what’s keeping you.
As the population ages, voters conscious of their dwindling time on Earth may just plump for any acceptable names near the top. Ditto all younger cohorts with decreasing attention spans. Up to recent years, many voters easily identified their preferred candidate by the party badge or colour, but such signals are increasingly lost among the vast variety of Independents and small parties, challenging all but the fully-informed and the cognitively limber.
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