Moral Dilemma

• Bob Frost

  • Location: Deal
  6 May 2010     07:5450668
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  So youngest daughter (who is working in France) has given me her proxy vote. Unfortunately she wishes to place her X on a different candidate to the one I'm voting for.
  
  What to do?
  
  1. She will never know which way I have voted.
  
  2. On the other hand I'd be really annoyed if my preferred candidate loses by one vote.
  
  Sod it. This is what democracy is about. One vote for my man + one for the other (but I'll still be annoyed if my man loses by one vote!).
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 10,540
  6 May 2010     07:5650669
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  That's the honourable thing to do Bob.
  
  I have a proxy vote too today, so will honour that one too.
  
  
  
  
  Roger
• Bob Frost

  • Location: Deal
  6 May 2010     07:5850671
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  Plus for the rest of her life I can blame her for giving an amnesty to over 1 million illegal immigrants!!!!!
  
  (Whoops. I think that I've just indicated which way she voted!)
• Sid Perkins

  • Location: Dover
  6 May 2010     08:1550674
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  BNP?
• Bob Frost

  • Location: Deal
  6 May 2010     08:1950675
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  Bloody Hell Sid, I didn't realise that that was one of their policies.
  
  I must get down the polling station and see if they will let me get my paper out of the box....
• Guest 655

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 10,247
  6 May 2010     09:4050699
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  I have to agree, its a matter of self respect and integrity....
• Sid Perkins

  • Location: Dover
  6 May 2010     15:1150744
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  Barry, aren't those New Labour words to define spin and lies?
• Guest 696

  • Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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  6 May 2010     15:2750746
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  Bob, I full agree with you, but once a proxy vote is accepted, it ought be carried out according to indication.
  I personally would not accept a proxy vote if it were clearly against this Country, but I would also explain why to the person asking. But once the agreement is made, it can't be changed into another vote!
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• Guest 693

  • Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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  6 May 2010     15:3850754
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  Alexander
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