Voters spoil local election ballot papers in Brexit protest
A number of voters shared pictures of their spoiled papers including messages such as ‘Get May out’, ‘Brexit betrayal’ and ‘Traitors’.
A number of voters took to social media to boast about spoiling their ballot papers in the local elections, with many referencing a disillusionment with Brexit.
People shared images of voting slips with messages including “Get May out”, “Brexit betrayal” and “Traitors” written across them.
Another wrote: “I’d rather poo in my hands and clap than vote for this lot.”
He told the Press Association: “The major parties have been lying for three years straight about Brexit and, in a two-party system, neither of them deserve to be voted for at any level.
“I’m actually a member of the Conservatives, so under normal circumstances I would have voted for them. If there was a Brexit Party candidate I would have voted for them.”
The campaign was started by Leave.EU, which tweeted in March, encouraging people to spoil their ballot papers.
They wrote: “The Conservatives depend on our votes. Instead of respecting our decision to leave the EU, they have chosen to stab us in the back.
“Send a message on May 2 by spoiling your ballot, writing in @brexitparty_uk and show CCHQ what happens when you defy the will of the British people.”
It is not illegal to spoil a ballot paper, but filling it out incorrectly or covering it with graffiti will render it invalid.
