During the months that lead up to the elections we are quite forced to listen to and watch political propaganda on the radio and TV... : ( not so pleasant...
Now, suppose you're not very happy with your candidates and you wish to protest while you're voting, so you may annul or spoil your vote (although some people might argue that spoiling your vote is a prejudiced term... since what you are doing is an act of protest... what do you think?). That means you are not voting for any valid candidate.
And how about those who also wish to protest by simply not writing anything on the ballot? That is a bit different, and in English we express it by saying to cast a blank vote. In Brazil, we use machines, not paper ballots anymore. So when we go to our polling booth, there is a special key for those who wish to cast a blank vote. Have you ever done that? What reasons led you to it? Do you regret it? Are you planning to do it this year?
And when you are away from your town? What can you do? You may cast an absentee vote!
But this year, for the first time we will be able to vote by post! Thanks to advances in technology if you are not near your polling station you'll be able to go to another polling station available in the city where you are and vote by post... Nice, isn't? I've often wondered why this was not yet possible, haven't you?
Well, I'd also like to say which political offices we are going to vote for in this edition of the elections:
- president
- governor
- senator
- federal deputy
- state deputy
And last but not least, at least for this edition of the elections posts, we have a difference in pronunciation guys:
politics x politician
got it?
Can we try one more time?
Thanks for the attention and see you soon!!!
