Do you think voting is active or passive?
‘Well, it’s passive. All you do is put a wee cross on it.’
Tracey – CCI

‘I think it’s passive. I don’t think it’s active at all. You’re powerless... But if you’re part of direct action, or something like that, it’s like very empowering. But I don’t think voting makes you feel empowered at all.’
Katey – FPC

‘I think we should talk about it, get to say what we think is right instead of folk just ticking a box to see who’s fucking running the country.’
George – PYOI

‘I think it’s a con. We’re conned into thinking it’s an active participation. In actual fact it isn’t. It’s just to keep us happy.’
Hoosie – Faslane

‘It is active, because everybody gets the chance to vote, it’s their own individual vote, everybody’s meant to have their own individual say in how the country should be run.’
Scott – JSH

‘You should get to talk, instead of putting wee bits of paper in a box
to see who wins, and then counting them out.’
Jimmy – PYOI
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