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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ros Taylor

'Don't let your silence go unheard ... '

High turnout. Doesn't that phrase sound novel? I've got an inkling that turnout will be higher than it was in 2001, when a whisker under 60% of the electorate voted, but that's a desperately unfashionable view. Hence the creation of NotApathetic.com, a site from the TheyWorkForYou.com stable, which invites Britons who won't be voting to explain why. "We won't promise that by writing something here the world is going to listen," says Tom Steinberg. "All we promise is that instead of having no voice at all, you can explain why you won't be participating come election day."

"My vote isn't wasted - it's reserved," says one contributor. What?

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