Let’s talk about why FG/FF/SF/SD voters too should spoil their votes at the Irish presidential election on 24th October. Simply write NO NO NO on the ballot, or anything else – “Democracy” for instance – and your vote will be counted and shown officially as a percentage under “spoiled votes”. Not voting at all is not counted, but spoiling your vote is a way to express your loyalty to true democratic principle above political games.

Independents like Nick Delehanty and Maria Steen had massive popularity but were blocked by the anti-democratic system around presidential election nominations, depriving what seems to be the vast majority of Irish people of a true choice and therefore a true democracy. A nomination doesn’t mean endorsement, for if the mainstream parties truly believed they had the democratic mandate, there would be nothing to fear and everything to gain from beating their opponents fair and square. Thus the only reason the nominations were refused must be fear of democratic will.

For those voters loyal to FF/FG/SF etc, if you want your party to maintain its brand and be able to win elections going forward, it would be wise to spoil your vote and thereby help trigger a crisis to make the powers-that-be regret their anti-democratic behaviour and in future act more honestly – and there is also a chance it will trigger reform to an unreasonable and anti-democratic nomination process which has turned this election into a sham and an international embarrassment to Irish democracy.

To all Irish voters, of any political allegiance, for democracy I urge your to spoil your vote. Thereby Ireland has a hope of unspoiling our institutions and triggering healthy reforms. CONNECT & SUPPORT My poetry books are available now on Amazon: "Homecoming To A Foreign Land" https://amzn.eu/d/3bC29Lu and "Aye Am: Poems in Search of Spiritual Awakening". https://amzn.eu/d/7cotrgb Paperback for €10 and Ebook for €5.

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