South Africa: Should You Spoil Your Ballot?

The campaign now under way to encourage a protest against government by spoiling ballots has been left far too late, especially if the object is to build a coherent and mass, grassroots campaign to promote some kind of alternative.

Such a campaign should also have a clear -- and clearly expressed -- aim. I don't think this has been the case. Many grassroots activists could, with justification, see this as yet another "top-down" initiative.

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