Onthetyne Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 http://www.swapmyvote.uk/ From the bbc: Press Association reports that thousands of people have signed up to a website aimed at reducing the number of "wasted" votes in the election. On http://www.swapmyvote.uk two people agree to vote for each other's preferred party in their constituency. The belief is this will make someone's vote count for more in a constituency where it could make more of a difference. Tom de Grunwald, who has helped to develop the site, said: There are so many wins. If thousands of people use it we may see results change as a result - that would be amazing. Short of that, the existence of an alternative gives a massive ray of hope to anyone who has considered their vote to be wasted." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsexydoug Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Brilliant idea, and if used by a lot of people would render the parachuted safe seat pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthetyne Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Brilliant idea, and if used by a lot of people would render the parachuted safe seat pointless. Yea but the take up has to be large enough to make it work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 http://www.swapmyvote.uk/ From the bbc: Are you sure that it's lawful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthetyne Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Are you sure that it's lawful? Totally lawful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Totally lawful How do you know? What part of UK law does it allow for such activity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detetcive Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 How do you know? What part of UK law does it allow for such activity? Hmmm. velly intellesting ...but a vaste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 It all works on trust - so the participants ultimately have no guarantee that their swap partner will do as they have promised, or any proof that they have done as agreed - unless I suppose they each take a photo of their ballot paper before they post it in the box...is that legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 How do you know? What part of UK law does it allow for such activity? The law works the other way around. It's lawful unless the law says it isn't. ---------- Post added 20-04-2015 at 06:30 ---------- It all works on trust - so the participants ultimately have no guarantee that their swap partner will do as they have promised, or any proof that they have done as agreed - unless I suppose they each take a photo of their ballot paper before they post it in the box...is that legal? Still legal AFAIK, but if one of them lies then there is no come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeldave Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 How do you know? What part of UK law does it allow for such activity? More relevant to ask what part of UK law disallows it, and, if no part of UK law does disallow it, then it's legal. ---------- Post added 20-04-2015 at 10:15 ---------- It all works on trust - so the participants ultimately have no guarantee that their swap partner will do as they have promised, or any proof that they have done as agreed - unless I suppose they each take a photo of their ballot paper before they post it in the box...is that legal? It probably does rely on trust. Then again, so does much of everyday life. For those who otherwise don't vote as they've realised how corrupt politics is, it's probably an appealing option. After all, they know for sure that politicians are provenly untrustworthy, so they're probably willing to take a punt on the average member of the public being honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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