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Anti-voting political campaign signs

Started by Jacobus, April 29, 2008, 08:42 AM NHFT

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Jacobus

Elections occur, and we see political campaign signs everywhere.  But what about non-voters?  How do we register dissent?

I thought one way would be to put up anti-voting signs that have the same flavor as campaign signs for real candidates.  For example, you are driving by a median with signs:

Smith for Congress
Lane for Alderman
Bob Roberts for Dog Catcher

and then you see:

None of the Above

I laughed when I visualized this.

Now, "None of the Above" appears to be a good slogan for non-voting, but unfortunately it has also been overloaded by the "we need better candidates" crowd, such as these folks:

http://www.votenoneoftheabove.us/

So it's not a perfect slogan.  But is there a better one?  And what are your thoughts on such a project in general?
 

Kat Kanning


dalebert

I prefer "Nobody for <position x>" signs. That's much clearer. None of the above implies that you just don't like the presented candidates and might vote if there were better choices.

K. Darien Freeheart

Shamlessly hotlinked from LibertyStickers.com (I have a bunch of their stuff)...


jaqeboy

Vote for Nobody has been used since the 70's by the CounterCampaign, with stickers, T-shirts, etc.

Here's a modern variation: http://www.vote-nobody.com/

jaqeboy

Somewhere on Wally Conger's blog: Out of Step, there is supposed to be a flyer for the CounterCampaign, but I haven't found it yet.

http://wconger.blogspot.com/search?q=counter+campaign

David