Yeah, I'm on about yesterday's PCC elections.
I'm not usually apathetic about using my democratic rights, but none of the candidates here seemed to want to put any effort into garnering any support. We've had no canvassers, no leaflets, no posters in the streets.
Democracy in action?
More like Democracy inaction.
Would I want our local Constabulary to be run by somebody who couldn't even be arsed to tell us his/her name, let alone what he/she stands for?
No.
I didn't vote because I couldn't make an informed decision.
And now they're wondering why the turnout was so poor.
It doesn't take a lot of brain-power to work it out.
THE SMALL(ish) PRINT... (updated 23/07/2016)
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Well said....my opinion too and many others I feel.
There were 8 boxes on my ballot paper, so I ticked all of them.
Just to be sure, of course.
Here you go, I've just found out who I could have voted for:
Suleman Nagdi, Sarah Russell and Sir Clive Loader
I've never seen or heard of any of them before, and if the winner is as publicly-visible as our current MP, I doubt that I'll ever see or hear about him/her ever again!
The result was as follows:
"Sir Clive Loader has been elected as the first ever Leicestershire and Rutland police and crime commisioner. The Conservative candidate won with 64,661 votes, compared to Labour candidate Sarah Russell's 51,835, after second preference votes had been taken into account. The average turnout across Leicestershire and Rutland was 16%."
Source
Like you, Stef, the only information I had through the letter box was my voting card.
I have absolutely no idea who the candidates were, so no-one got my vote.
@Steve Brown - LOL, that'll make up for the lack of votes in Bettws, Newport