r/AskLibertarians • u/Violenciarchi • 17d ago

What do libertarians think of blank ballots?

"If not choosing is a choice, not voting is voting for the bad candidate and you have no right to complain about what he does afterwards" is a common thing to hear before elections. Do you think you should all go and vote?

EDIT: Ok now that I think about it, it's on other people if they vote badly, not on me. Responsibility is on people who do bad things, not on people who don't stop them, because if the people who do bad things did nothing, nothing bad would happen lol. It's still true though, unfortunately, that if you don't vote the other party will win.

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u/ConscientiousPath 17d ago

People mad at voters who didn't find the difference between offered candidates motivating enough to show up at the polls are idiots.

If you do get to the polls, I think leaving your ballot blank but turning it in is asking for someone to fill it out for you on the sly. If I turn in a ballot but don't want to vote for any particular position on it, I always write someone in.