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A
protest vote (also known as a
blank vote or
white vote) is a
vote cast in an
election to demonstrate the voter's dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates or refusal of the current
political system. In this latter case, protest vote may take the form of a valid vote, but instead of voting for the mainstream candidates, it is a vote in favor of a minority or fringe candidate, either from the
far-left,
far-right or self-presenting as a candidate foreign to the political system.
Along with
abstention, which is simply the act of not voting, it is often considered to be a clear sign of the lack of popular legitimacy and roots of representative democracy, as depressed voter turnout endangers the credibility of the whole
voting system. If protest vote takes the form of a blank vote, it may or may not be tallied into final results depending on the rules. Thus, it may either result in a
spoilt vote (which is the case most of the time) or, if the
electoral systemaccepts to take it into account, as a "
None of the Above" vote.
No one knew they were changing the line up. By the time everything happened it was to late... Oh well.. If they wanted to be in office they should have ran against them.