Leicestershire crime chief candidates to appear at hustings

“CGLee - absolutely and this really saddens me

A recent Blaby District Council election, had a winner who polled something like 425 votes and won!

I beleive in voting, and will in this election, even though I disagree with it and would vote for none of the above, IF there was an official box to tick - but at present I am confused who to vote for as I know none of the candidates and have no information to help me decide

My worry for democracy at present is that if we (the public) do not use our vote, then some politician or council will choose to take it away from us, (as we dont vote anyway, why spend the money) in a form of use it or lose it!”

“So what you haven't said, Peter20101, but what could indeed happen,is that there is a distinct possibility that the winning candidate could well have polled less than 5% of the possible votes!”

“"Here is a genuine question.

What is the position if there are more "spoilt papers" than votes for the candidates?

With the turnout expected to be very low (18.5% is suggested) and with 3 candidates, you could suggest, having read many posts and stories online that there will be a high proportion of spoilt papers as a protest against the candidates, parties and the process itself. So if 5% of the electorate spoilt their paper and voted for "none of the above" that's could be more than 25% of the suggested turnout and be one of the higher votes (so to speak) - if it was more than that what would be the reaction f the authorities & public alike?"”

“It'll be interesting to see which candidate resorts to demagoguery to push people's buttons.”

“Bob

Hillsborough?

96?

Ring any bells?”

“Quote: "One dimensional - as ever"

Why do you always accuse others of your own faults garyb?

Unlike you, I prefer equality I like diversity and I do not despise the police (or other less wealthy professions). That's why I stopped voting Con long ago.”

“Dear Bob491,
By your constant comments on here I guess your not a fan of the Conservative party?
Also you recommend Sarah Russell. Is this the same Sarah Russell that I've witnessed doing her knitting whilst sitting in council meetings? She is so focused on her knitting I'm sure she would make a great police commissioner , especially at the expense of the local tax payer.”

“Bob

One dimensional - as ever”

“If people don't want an elected commissioner then it isn't undemocratic to abstain from voting. Although I normally vote Labour, I cannot bring myself to vote for Sarah Russell. This is partly because of her dreadful track record as a councillor, but mainly because of the way she behaved since becoming one of Soulsby's well paid mini-mayors. It's not that long ago that Russell, Soulsby and the rest of the Council's cabinet pushed for a massive pay increase. To me this smacks of poor judgement and shows contempt for the people of Leicester. For these reasons (and because I don't want to see yet more elected officials on the gravy train), I'll be spoiling my ballot paper and abstaining in person on election day.”

“So garyb, you dislike equality and diversity, and also despise the police.

No wonder you are a Con. Perhaps you think Cons are born to be the ruling class too!”