How to register your NOTA support as part of the PCRC public consultation

November 14, 2014 Comments: 2

Below is some suggested text for any NOTA supporters wanting to take part in the parliamentary Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s public consultation into ‘voter engagement’ (Deadline: Friday 14th January):

“I welcome the committee’s decision to include the possibility of having a formal ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA) option added to the UK ballot paper as part of its public consultation into ‘voter engagement’. However, I am disappointed that this is only in the context of possibly making voting compulsory.

I feel strongly that NOTA is an essential democratic pre-requisite that should be an option at elections regardless of whether voting is made compulsory or not.

If properly implemented, it has the potential to be a game changing reform that would not only engage the many millions of registered and unregistered voters who currently choose to abstain, but also level the playing field considerably, potentially leading to long overdue wider democratic reform of our entire system of government.

With that in mind, I urge you to consider introducing NOTA as an electoral reform in and of itself.”

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2 thoughts on “How to register your NOTA support as part of the PCRC public consultation”

  1. NOTA UK secures inclusion of ‘None of the Above’ in public consultation on possible reform | None of the Above UK November 15, 2014 at 11:43 Reply

    […] join the discussion and make a pro-NOTA submission to the committee see here. All media enquiries to […]

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  2. An open letter to Michael Meacher, MP | None of the Above UK December 22, 2014 at 14:06 Reply

    […] In light of this, I was wondering if you might possibly be willing to make a representation to the committee in favour of NOTA’s inclusion as an electoral reform in and of itself, regardless of whether voting is made compulsory or not. We are of course encouraging all of our supporters to do this as well. Here is a link to our suggested text for them to include: https://nota-uk.org/2014/11/14/template-text-for-formally-registering-your-support-for-nota/ […]

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