On 07/05/2011 22:24, Old Codger wrote:
On 07/05/2011 20:17, Roger Mills wrote:


The paragraph I quoted is in the same sized font (looks like 14pt)as the
rest of the leaflet - hardly small print!

Is that an exact facsimile of the polling card that would have been
issued? If not it is irrelevant and, even if it is, it could be changed
before AV came in and I suspect would be. The Liberals, for whom this
whole charade was enacted, would have wanted to ensure that as many folk
as possible ranked all the candidates. The wording on the eventual
polling card would be designed to make that likely. The words you have
quoted will be subsidiary to the greatest extent possible to a main
instruction that will give the impression that all candidates should be
ranked.


During the course of this thread, I've developed a certain amount of
respect for your views even though I don't agree with you.

But your latest paragraph (above) has to take the prize for the most
unsubstantiated ******** I have ever read! What you wrote is total
conjecture. How the hell can I - or anyone else - be expected to know
exactly what wording would appear on a ballot paper in 4 years time?!

HOWEVER, just as the wording of the question posed by the referendum was
subjected to scrutiny by the independent Electoral Commission, to ensure
freedom from bias, so would be the instructions on ballot papers used in
any AV-based election.
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Cheers,
Roger
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