As might be expected, that electoral flavour-of-the-day called “none of the above” was the choice of a larger number of voters in the June election than ever before. Those who refused their ballots numbered 31,399. Well la-dee-dah. Hope all you voters who posed in front of the scrutineers giving them back your ballot are well-satisfied with that zero-grade accomplishment. Your charade was among the most idle and self-involved acts of citizenry to be imagined. We’re told that something called Democracy Watch threatened to take action against Elections Ontario to make it publicize the option. Fine. But it’s Democracy Watch that should be challenged for its foolishness. It panders to the most simple minded do-nothing tendency on the part of voters to tell them not voting will change things.
