Earlier this week, I spoke to someone who had attended the count in a Kent constituency at a previous general election. We were discussing spoilt ballot papers and we ended up smirking at those who opted, instead of exercising their democratic muscle, to simply draw a willy instead of placing an ‘X’. Yes, they do exist. But he also informed me how in one case, a voter had placed their vote in one box, quite correctly, but then gone on to make notes on every other candidate as to why they weren’t worthy. They must have been in that polling booth for ages. What a waste, I thought, that if you we…
