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THE ELECTION MORATORIUM WHY?

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  • 24-02-2011 9:18pm
    #1
    jakdelad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭


    i could never get my head around this,
    is it because we as a nation might be inclined to vote for a certain party
    because someone in radio or tv says so at the last minute
    i thought that was the whole point of the campaign???
    to get us to vote a certain way?
    why this state nanny moratorium gag put on media?? is it legal
    love to hear any views on this
    does this happen in any other country?
    if this has been gone over before please excuse this newbie


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    #2
    RetroBate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭RetroBate


    It's a kind of Feng Shui thing.

    A zen moment of reflection before voting.


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Cos the people are sick sore and tired of the meeja being infested with waffling politicans, pundits and presenters by this point. We used to get a whole 24 hours without the bilge pumps now its only 10.


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    jakdelad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭jakdelad


    wow zen???? really

    was this a green initiative?:)
    how thoughtfull has any other country taken this enlightened approach
    at election time?


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,285 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Imagine Bob is an independent candidate in a marginal constituency.

    On the morning of the vote, someone else accuses Bob of being a fraudster - he used to work in a bank and defrauded customers. Sure, he left the bank really quickly and look at the fancy car he drives and the nice big house he lives in.

    The reality is that he took redundancy, which paid for the car and his wife owns the house, which she inherited from her parents.

    There are many worse accusations than being a fraudster.

    If the above was broadcast / communicated to a substantial portion of Bob's electorate, say by text message or via the web, it would be very difficult for him to counter that message in the space of a few hours. If could be enough to swing things by the required few hundred votes.

    Hence the moratorium.


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    jakdelad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭jakdelad


    Victor wrote: »
    Imagine Bob is an independent candidate in a marginal constituency.

    On the morning of the vote, someone else accuses Bob of being a fraudster - he used to work in a bank and defrauded customers. Sure, he left the bank really quickly and look at the fancy car he drives and the nice big house he lives in.

    The reality is that he took redundancy, which paid for the car and his wife owns the house, which she inherited from her parents.

    There are many worse accusations than being a fraudster.


    If the above was broadcast / communicated to a substantial portion of Bob's electorate, say by text message or via the web, it would be very difficult for him to counter that message in the space of a few hours. If could be enough to swing things by the required few hundred votes.

    Hence the moratorium.
    oh i see it s to combat any dirty = = TRICKS
    during election
    great idea
    but if you discover after the election bob was a scumbag its too late ,and your saddled with him for five years
    i d rather hear the story and make my own mind up, i think we as a nation deserve that


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    dave1982
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    Whats Vincent Browne going to do tonight?:D


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    county man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭county man


    Victor wrote: »
    Imagine Bob is an independent candidate in a marginal constituency.

    On the morning of the vote, someone else accuses Bob of being a fraudster - he used to work in a bank and defrauded customers. Sure, he left the bank really quickly and look at the fancy car he drives and the nice big house he lives in.

    The reality is that he took redundancy, which paid for the car and his wife owns the house, which she inherited from her parents.

    There are many worse accusations than being a fraudster.
    --

    If the above was broadcast / communicated to a substantial portion of Bob's electorate, say by text message or via the web, it would be very difficult for him to counter that message in the space of a few hours. If could be enough to swing things by the required few hundred votes.

    Hence the moratorium.
    Yes but as far as I know the moratorium only covers TV and radio so it makes no difference as far as the internet e-mails texts etc are concerned.


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    county man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭county man


    dave1982 wrote: »
    Whats Vincent Browne going to do tonight?:D

    Interview Mario?:D


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    jakdelad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭jakdelad


    dave1982 wrote: »
    Whats Vincent Browne going to do tonight?:D
    he s doing his hair


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    jakdelad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭jakdelad


    county man wrote: »
    Yes but as far as I know the moratorium only covers TV and radio so it makes no difference as far as the internet e-mails texts etc are concerned.
    DONT VOTE FOR BOB
    HE S A BANK FRAUDSTER


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