How did you vote?

2-D Man

So polling has begun on our offshore islands today, and the rest of us will be voting tomorrow.

So how did you vote or how will you vote in the Euros?

I'm in Dublin and I will be voting

Mary Lou McDonald - 1
Patricia McKenna - 2
Joe Higgins - 3
Pronsias De Rossa - 4

sink

2-D Man wrote: »

So polling has begun on our offshore islands today

Yeah in Great Britain.

2-D Man wrote: »

and the rest of us will be voting tomorrow.

So how did you vote or how will you vote in the Euros?

I'm in Dublin and I will be voting

Mary Lou McDonald - 1
Patricia McKenna - 2
Joe Higgins - 3
Pronsias De Rossa - 4

Gotta say your first and second choice are two candidates I will be trying to keep out at any cost. To achieve that aim I will be voting

Eoin Ryan - 1
Joe Higgins - 2
Eibhlin Byrne - 3
Deirdre De Burca - 4
Gay Mitchell - 5
Pronsias De Rossa - 6

In reality my ideal Line up would be Gay Mitchell, Pronsias De Rossa and Eoin Ryan in that order.

BlitzKrieg

Over in brito land, the UKIP seems annoyed because some of the ballots were folded so that voters couldnt see the last four parties.

Some are calling it a fix mugebe style

http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/local-european-election-results-zone/62711-update-folded-ballot-paper-problems.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/04/ukip-european-election-rerun-ballot


makes the eyebrows raise like *so*

nesf

Seriously, anyone who didn't think to check for a fold when presented with only three candidates for the Euro elections shouldn't be allowed vote tbh.

BlitzKrieg

british democracy forum is fun to read though because it could be the complete opposite to the boards.ie politics forum.


Though the Uk does seem a bit weird at the moment...how the hell are they gonna get a higher turnout then us (percentage of population, not population overall)?

http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=9662


Also I took a walk today at 4pm-6pm from henry street down o connell street up westmorlan street to the top of grafton street outside of st stephans green back down to the central bank, across lower liffey street up to parnell street and back home.

I didnt find one canvasser not one for any candidate.

The day before the election you think Grafton street would have someone at the top with the chuggers at least???

wes

Voted for Labour (De Rossa) as my first preference and not bothered enought to go throught the whole rest of the list.

turgon

Colm Burke - 1
Alan Kelly - 2
Sean Kelly -3
(Crowley 4; Boyle 5; Stafford 6; Fitzgerald 7; O'Keefe 8; Ferris n/p; Sinnot n/p)

The get Sinnot out vote! Ideally Crowley and the two Fine Gaelers to win.

markopantelic

1.De Rossa(Labour-PES)
2.Higgins
3.Mitchell

first time voting so i didnt know what or how to do tactical voting but i put the libertas women last.

BlitzKrieg

just back (had to travel home to tipp to vote)

1. Alan Kelly
2. Brian Crowley
3. Sean Kelly
etc etc etc etc with sinn fein and kathy sinnott taking the two final spots.

cornbb

1. Marian Harkin
2. Susan O'Keeffe
3. Jim Higgins
.
.
.
.
11. Paschal Mooney
12. Pat The Cope
13. Declan Ganley

nesf

European Elections:

1. Alan Kelly (Lab)
2. Brian Crowley (FF)
3. Sean Kelly (FG)
etc

Local Elections:

1,2 FG
3,4 FF
5,6 Lab

Sully

European;
1. Colm Burke
2. Sean Kelly
3. Alan Kelly

MrMatisse

1. Joe Higgins
2. De Rossa
3. Mitchell

1. Brian Crowley
2. Alan Kelly

Ned not in the running. Crowley and Sean Kelly safe. Would prefer to see Alan Kelly take Sinnott's seat.

toiletduck

Just the one preference to Susan O'Keeffe.

KnifeWRENCH

Europe
1. Toireasa Ferris
2. Alan Kelly (don't particularly like him but gave him No.2 because I want Sinnott gone)
3. Dan Boyle
Would have given Brian Crowley 4th but there's not much point since he's already safe. I like Sean Kelly but I didn't want to vote for him because I don't like Fine Gael's stance on the EU (or FG in general tbh)

Local - I focussed on the candidates and not the party because I don't think party politics is important at local level. It worked out as so:
1. Sinn Fein (O'Regan)
2. Fianna Fail (O'Dea)
3. Labour (Mullally)

Sully

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

Europe
1. Toireasa Ferris
2. Alan Kelly (don't particularly like him but gave him No.2 because I want Sinnott gone)
3. Dan Boyle
Would have given Brian Crowley 4th but there's not much point since he's already safe. I like Sean Kelly but I didn't want to vote for him because I don't like Fine Gael's stance on the EU (or FG in general tbh)

Local - I focussed on the candidates and not the party because I don't think party politics is important at local level. It worked out as so:
1. Sinn Fein (O'Regan)
2. Fianna Fail (O'Dea)
3. Labour (Mullally)

You gave SF no1 twice (Local & European) which would usually indicate your a SF supporter. I fail to see what Toireasa has to offer?

Harpie

Sully wrote: »

You gave SF no1 twice (Local & European) which would usually indicate your a SF supporter. I fail to see what Toireasa has to offer?

Some people reckon she has the legs to run a tough campaign http://elblogador.blogspot.com/2006/02/toireasa-ferris-pat-kenny-late-late.html

Anywho, Euro
Higgins
De Rossa

LuckyLloyd

I voted:

Local:

1) Mick Murphy (Socialist Party)
2) Sean Crowe (Sinn Feinn)

European:

1) Joe Higgins (Socialist Party)
2) Patricia McKenna (Independent)

Like the way the polling cards have all the basic info on each candidate and a picture - hard to make a mistake.

solice

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

Europe
1. Toireasa Ferris
2. Alan Kelly (don't particularly like him but gave him No.2 because I want Sinnott gone)
3. Dan Boyle
Would have given Brian Crowley 4th but there's not much point since he's already safe. I like Sean Kelly but I didn't want to vote for him because I don't like Fine Gael's stance on the EU (or FG in general tbh)

Local - I focussed on the candidates and not the party because I don't think party politics is important at local level. It worked out as so:
1. Sinn Fein (O'Regan)
2. Fianna Fail (O'Dea)
3. Labour (Mullally)

You didnt vote for FG because you dont like their stance on the EU, the fact that they are pro EU and pro Lisbon but you voted for Labor which is pro EU and pro Lisbon...and you voted for SF which is pro EU (apparently) and anti Lisbon....

Ah well, it is after all your vote

KnifeWRENCH

Sully wrote: »

You gave SF no1 twice (Local & European) which would usually indicate your a SF supporter. I fail to see what Toireasa has to offer?

I don't support any one particular party but I do agree with Sinn Fein on a lot of things. I will most likely vote either for them or for Labour at the next general election. As for Toireasa, I think she ran a great campaign and her views on the EU, the Lisbon Treaty and social issues in general are similar to my own.

If Labour had a better candidate I might have given them first preference but Alan Kelly turning up for 9 votes out of 55 in the Seanad turned me off him.

solice wrote:

You didnt vote for FG because you dont like their stance on the EU, the fact that they are pro EU and pro Lisbon but you voted for Labor which is pro EU and pro Lisbon...and you voted for SF which is pro EU (apparently) and anti Lisbon....

Ah well, it is after all your vote

The problem is that I think FG are too pro-EU, whereas Labour and FF would be pro-EU but not quite to the same extent.

solice

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

If Labour had a better candidate I might have given them first preference but Alan Kelly turning up for 9 votes out of 55 in the Seanad turned me off him.


The problem is that I think FG are too pro-EU, whereas Labour and FF would be pro-EU but not quite to the same extent.

Totally agree with you on Alan Kelly. If he cant turn up in Dublin for a vote what are the chances that he will turn up in Brussels.

Love the line on FG, "too pro EU"

KnifeWRENCH

solice wrote: »

Love the line on FG, "too pro EU"

It's hard to explain it properly, that's just the "vibe" I get off them. Also I don't like the fact that Fine Gael are in the European People's Party. The EPP and FG itself are "centre-right" and "a Christian democracy". I don't like parties or politicians that fall into those categories.
Even though Sinn Fein and Labour have different stances on Lisbon, they are more socially and economically to the left than FG. So I don't see any problem in voting for Sinn Fein and Labour but not FG.

nesf

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

I don't support any one particular party but I do agree with Sinn Fein on a lot of things.

Don't worry my boy, you'll soon grow out of it...

turgon

solice wrote: »

Totally agree with you on Alan Kelly. If he cant turn up in Dublin for a vote what are the chances that he will turn up in Brussels.

Yes, because we all know the Senate is as important as the European Parliament.


And also, the irony of someone not voting for Labour because they are worried about attendance, and then voting Sinn Fein, the party of Mary Lou. You just couldnt make it up.

KnifeWRENCH

nesf wrote: »

Don't worry my boy, you'll soon grow out of it...

I should be offended......but that made me lol!

KnifeWRENCH

turgon wrote: »

And also, the irony of someone not voting for Labour because they are worried about attendance, and then voting Sinn Fein, the party of Mary Lou. You just couldnt make it up.

I admit I know nothing about Mary Lou's attendance record but that has nothing to do with Toireasa Ferris. Who's to say that Ferris would not show up for important votes just because one of her colleagues didn't?
If I didn't honestly believe that Ferris was a strong candidate I would not have voted for her.

PopeBuckfastXVI

1. O'Keefe
2. Harkin
3. Higgins
...
13. Ganley

P. Breathnach

toiletduck wrote: »

Just the one preference to Susan O'Keeffe.

I suspect that you have missed out on an opportunity to influence the outcome.

Gael23

Locals:
1,2 FG
3,4 Independant

Europe
1 Colm Burke
2 Kathy Sinnott
3 Sean Kelly
4 Alan Kelly

Jack Sheehan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Z1E_-2EmY

That is all.

turgon

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

I admit I know nothing about Mary Lou's attendance record but that has nothing to do with Toireasa Ferris.

Neither do I, in fact no one seems to know about it because frankly there isnt much of a record there. To talk about here non-attendance record would be more apt.

....hold on a sec, I got Sinn Fein on the line telling me Im wrong and that I must edit all posts relating to Mary Lou...

But seriously, Ferris is part of a party that seems to culturally skive off and try and get away with as much as it can. Like claiming a second home in London. So thats why I say shes not good.

limklad

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

Also I took a walk today at 4pm-6pm from henry street down o connell street up westmorlan street to the top of grafton street outside of st stephans green back down to the central bank, across lower liffey street up to parnell street and back home.

I didnt find one canvasser not one for any candidate.

The day before the election you think Grafton street would have someone at the top with the chuggers at least???

Election Canvassing are banned on the Day of the election and the day before the election in order to give the electorate time to think rather than be harassed at the Polling station.

P. Breathnach

limklad wrote: »

Election Canvassing are banned on the Day of the election and the day before the election in order to give the electorate time to think rather than be harassed at the Polling station.

Not true.

Lockstep

For locals;
1) McNelis (Labour)
2) Hanly (SF)
3) McCabe (Ind)
4) Connolly (Ind Labour)
5)Mullholland (FG)
6) Cahill (Ind)
7) Callanan (Ind SF)
8) Ó Brolcháin

I would've given Ó Brolcháin higher if he wasn't a Green and wasn't so high in the party (advisor to Gormley)
Couldn't bring myself to vote for Fianna Fáil, the Independant PDs or Naughton (FG woman who seems to be lacking common sense)

Europe;
1) O'Keeffe (Labour)
2) Mac Loughlainn (SF)
3) Harkin (Ind)
4) Higgins (FG)

I can't really remember after that, I gave Fianna Fáil preferences but didn't give Ganley anything.
I despise Libertas and their policies (or the few they have; day of the election and it's still "our policies will appear on the website over the next few weeks)

Rb

Local:

Jim O'Leary (FG)
Pat Hand (FG)
Aidan Culhane (Lab)
Veronica O'Doherty (Lab)
Terence Corish (Greens)
Seamus O'Neill (Ind)
and put SF and FF and Tony Fox at the very end.

European:

Gay Mitchell (FG)
Proinsias de Rossa (Lab)
Patricia McKenna (Ind)
...leaving Eoin Ryan (FF), Mary Lou McDonald (SF) and Caroline Simons (LI) at the end and in that order

Dublin South By-Elections
George Lee (FG)
Alex White (Lab)
Elizabeth Davidson (Green)
Ross O'Mullane (Ind)
Shay Brennan (FF)
and Shaun Tracey (SF) in last.

So quite obviously heavily in favour of FG and Lab and vehemently opposed to FF, SF and Libertas. Giving Mary Lou another 5 years of kicking back, doing nothing and raking 6 figures for it would be a catastrophe.

super_furry

1 Joe Higgins
2 Pronsias De Rossa
3 Patricia McKenna

KnifeWRENCH

turgon wrote: »

Yes, because we all know the Senate is as important as the European Parliament.

It's not an issue of importance. The fact is he was elected as a senator and when you're a senator you're expected to show up for votes in the Seanad. He should have done the job he was elected to do regardless of how trivial that job may be.
Despite all this, I still gave him my second preference because between himself and Sinnott he is the lesser of two evils.

turgon wrote: »

But seriously, Ferris is part of a party that seems to culturally skive off and try and get away with as much as it can. Like claiming a second home in London. So thats why I say shes not good.

OK fair enough if you don't like Sinn Fein and don't agree with Ferris's policies but assuming that if elected she would be a "skiver" isn't being fair to her imo. She comes across as a very hard worker in her own area and I have no reason to assume she would not also be a hard worker in Europe.

Beau

1. Jim Tallon (ind)
2. Nessa Childers (Lab)
3. Phealen (FG)
4. McGuinnes (FG)

Furious-Dave

I voted Mitchell(FG) - De Rossa(LAB) - Ryan(FF) for Europe and local Humphreys(LAB) - Saul(FG) - Cosgrave(FG)

Anyone who gave any vote to Libertas should be shot:)

cornbb

Furious-Dave wrote: »

Anyone who gave any vote to Libertas should be shot:)

I gave Declan my 13th preference, is that ok...? :pac:

Furious-Dave

cornbb wrote: »

I gave Declan my 13th preference, is that ok...? :pac:

Only if you used crayons to write it in at the end of
the sheet :pac:

P. Breathnach

cornbb wrote: »

I gave Declan my 13th preference, is that ok...? :pac:

Jeez! To do that, you have to indicate preferences for some odd candidates.

I did the same, but it was difficult to vote between about 5th preference and 13th.

ninty9er

1. Crowley
2. Kelly, A
3. O'Keeffe
4. Boyle
5. Burke
6. Stafford
7. Kelly, S

Local
1,2 FF
3 FG
4 IND
5 Lab
6 FG
7 Grn
8 SF
9 Lab
no preference for remaining
1 FG
1 RSF
1 CSP
7 IND

sceptre

I filled out my Euro preferences from 1 to 10 and my local preferences from 1 to 19 as I'm in the habit of doing. I could list who I voted for but where would be the fun in that, all 29 candidates got a preference.

evercloserunion

Nessa Childers of Labour, followed by FF and FG candidates; basically everyone except SF and Libertas.

grenache

1 - Alexander Stafford
2 - Sean Kelly
3 - Kathy Sinnott
4 - Colm Burke

conchubhar1

Furious-Dave wrote: »

I voted Mitchell(FG) - De Rossa(LAB) - Ryan(FF) for Europe and local Humphreys(LAB) - Saul(FG) - Cosgrave(FG)

Anyone who gave any vote to Libertas should be shot:)

equaly, anyone who voted ff

Regulator79

ninty9er wrote: »

1. Crowley
2. Kelly, A
3. O'Keeffe
4. Boyle
5. Burke
6. Stafford
7. Kelly, S

Local
1,2 FF
3 FG
4 IND
5 Lab
6 FG
7 Grn
8 SF
9 Lab
no preference for remaining
1 FG
1 RSF
1 CSP
7 IND

You voted Fianna Fail and are willing to admit it. That makes you a rare beast indeed.

gandalf

Voted in the Euros

1- Higgins
2- De Rossa
3- Mitchell

I would normally vote Labour 1st but if Higgins gets in then Ryan and McDonald will be ousted and that would be an excellent result. I also think Higgins as an honest and principled politician will do a lot more for Ireland than the other 2 wasters. As for the locals well thats my business but you can be sure that FF, SF and the Greens were at the bottom of my preferences.

P. Breathnach

Something we won't find out, but would be interesting to know: how many people have done what I and several others have reported doing, and voted all the way down the ballot in order to put Declan Ganley last.