Tick for affordable health care

Just saw the “How to Vote” video on TV.

In my previous post I said that I’ll be putting a tick for whom I’m voting.

Turns out that’s a sure fire way to spoil my vote.

Why you put a cross confounds me. As far as I know a cross is a mistake. Now if a cross is a good thing, I should’ve gotten A’s in school.

Before the “How to Vote” video, there were the official party broadcasts. Each party puts up a representative who gets a chance to have their say on TV.

Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) got something like 2 minutes, Workers’ Party (WP) and Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) got 10 minutes or so, People’s Action Party (PAP) got 20 minutes. The time allotted is based on the number of candidates fielded in this elections.

Now, these party broadcasts always make candidates look terrible. There’s never been a party broadcast that I thought, “my this man/woman is handsome/pretty, he/she has my vote”. Continue reading “Tick for affordable health care”