Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This page has been listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion. Please see that page for justifications and discussion. A Protest vote is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate the caster's unhappiness with the choice of candidates or the current political system. It can be formulated in several ways: Voting for a minority or fringe candidate which has no chance of election. Posting a blank ballot paper. Spoiling the ballot paper. Selecting a "None of the Above" option, if one exists. Some people see refusing to turn out to vote at all as a protest vote, especially in places, like Australia, which have compulsory voting, where not voting is an act of civil disobedience. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.