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For those of you who have already voted - Wording

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  • 12-06-2008 6:04pm
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    shinny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭


    I'm heading down shortly to vote. I'm just wondering how it's worded. Is it a simple No means No & Yes means Yes. Or is it worded as Yes you are opposed or No you are not opposed?

    Thanks !


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    Dirk Gently
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭Dirk Gently


    yes means yes, no means no.


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    shinny wrote:
    Or is it worded as Yes you are opposed or No you are not opposed?
    Wouldn't it be hilarious if it turned out afterwards that this was how it was worded, and no-one realised?! :pac:

    Unless I'm drastically wrong, it's a simple YES/NO


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    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    shinny wrote: »
    I'm heading down shortly to vote. I'm just wondering how it's worded. Is it a simple No means No & Yes means Yes. Or is it worded as Yes you are opposed or No you are not opposed?

    Thanks !

    One box with yes beside it, one box with no beside it. Put an X in the yes box if you want the treaty ratified put an X in the no box if you want it to fail.


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    ShooterSF
    Registered Users Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    square_igloo wrote: »
    Wouldn't it be hilarious if it turned out afterwards that this was how it was worded, and no-one realised?! :pac:

    Unless I'm drastically wrong, it's a simple YES/NO

    Imagine the outcry and how dirty we'd all feel after arguing so vehemently we accidentally all switched sides *shudders*


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    Rb
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    Just back from voting now.

    It had:

    Approve

    Do Not Approve

    With boxes beside them to put an X in.


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    shinny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭shinny


    Thanks everyone, I guessed it would be a simple straight forward format, but I thought I'd just check. I'm drugged up to the eye balls at the moment (fighting off an infection) so I don't think my feeble brain could have handled double meanings.

    Thanks !


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    VoidStarNull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭VoidStarNull


    ShooterSF wrote: »
    Imagine the outcry and how dirty we'd all feel after arguing so vehemently we accidentally all switched sides *shudders*

    Actually the sinister EU elite have conspired here to confuse the plain people of Ireland. Both of the small boxes on the ballot mean that you support the treaty ("Yes I'm in favour", and "No I am not opposed").

    To vote NO you have to draw a very large X through both boxes. Also, make sure that you wear a tinfoil hat to avoid being affected by the clause in the treaty that says "WE WILL CONTROL EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE".

    Good luck, NO voters. ;)


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    ShooterSF
    Registered Users Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    VoidStarNull wrote: »
    Actually the sinister EU elite have conspired here to confuse the plain people of Ireland. Both of the small boxes on the ballot mean that you support the treaty ("Yes I'm in favour", and "No I am not opposed").

    To vote NO you have to draw a very large X through both boxes. Also, make sure that you wear a tinfoil hat to avoid being affected by the clause in the treaty that says "WE WILL CONTROL EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE".

    Good luck, NO voters. ;)

    Ah yes but we'll see who has the last laugh when we finish training the underground monkeys for the uprising :) See if you're Alien Overlords protect you then!


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    The_Minister
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    Rb wrote: »
    Just back from voting now.

    It had:

    Approve

    Do Not Approve

    With boxes beside them to put an X in.
    :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
    Mine was Yes or No


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    The_Minister wrote: »
    :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
    Mine was Yes or No
    Weird, mine definitely had it worded that way...

    Maybe on the right of the boxes there was a "Ta/Yes, Nil/No" but I can't recall that specifically.


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    Gu3rr1lla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 218 ✭✭Gu3rr1lla


    Said something like

    "do you wish to amend the Irish Constitution?"

    Yes I do agree

    No I don't agree X


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    murphaph
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    I believe it said "do you approve of the amendment?" beside both boxes and to the other side of the box on top was "yes" and the box below "no".


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    Gu3rr1lla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 218 ✭✭Gu3rr1lla


    murphaph wrote: »
    I believe it said "do you approve of the amendment?" beside both boxes and to the other side of the box on top was "yes" and the box below "no".

    Yeah that was it now that I remember


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    The_Minister
    Registered Users Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    murphaph wrote: »
    I believe it said "do you approve of the amendment?" beside both boxes and to the other side of the box on top was "yes" and the box below "no".
    That was it.


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