March 8th - What’s your vote? **Mod Note In Post #677**

How so?

As far as I'm concerned there's been no effort made to explain the vote.

There's also generally a bunch of documentation regarding the vote with the polling card.. i got none, at all.. got the polling card alright. So i have no idea what changes i'm voting for/against. Not the first time they've messed up like this either, i'm sure if we all vote wrong, we'll have another opportunity to vote the right way.. like in the Nice Treaty.

It's a bit rich for you to be asking people questions when you do your upmost to avoid any questions put to you.

@suvigirl this is a post quoting you, one of the many you didn't bother with.

You're voting yes/yes, tell us on the fence why we should vote yes.

Wording in the constitution will be amended, but what will these amendments actually change? What are the pros of voting yes/yes, cons of voting no/no?

Looking like there will be a strong no vote.

Fingers crossed.

Just wondering if anyone has seen any Referendum Posters encouraging a NO vote?

I'd like to believe having an unbiased presentation of both options would be appropriate in a supposedly democratic state (although having more options would be better obviously!)

Are we still allowed to ask questions or is that classed as hate speech, I don't want to get a criminal record for speaking or typing my wonderings out loud..

Probably a NO and No after listening to Michael McDowell talking about how it will send the legal system into chaos, echoed by FLAC a major legal eagle body. 

I disagree with your stance on this. While nobody will be dismissive of the plight of women that suffer these terrible illnesses, there is not always a need for the state to intervene financially. Health funding is always about fairness and the best distribution of scarce resources. Universal payments are not always the best for everyone.

Is it "mean" to remove a universal payment to a multimillionaire so that increased funding can be made to another area of the health services?

Incidentally, govt rowed back on decision, which was a weak move. Policy decisions should be made on facts not media generated outrage. The same occurs whenever OAPs are financially affected irrespective of the fact that many OAPs are significantly more financially secure than their younger counterparts in society.

Voting no to both

I feel both referenda are slightly nudging the constitution in a individualistic, neo liberal direction.

The fact that the AH poll is skewing in one definite direction isn't that surprising. Remember Peter Casey absolutely storming to victory in the presidental poll here a few years ago?

I voted abstain because I didn't see an option for undecided. I haven't read enough one way or another to come to a conclusion, though I'll make the effort in the run up to the day itself.

I think to vote no just because you want to give the government a bloody nose is a bit silly.

I have yet to meet a yes voter

So I'm definitely living in my own echo chamber.

Don't believe those numbers will materialize on poll day .I'd say a lot closer to 50/50.

Result here supposedly widely at odds with the general populace.

Told daily that these will pass comfortably.