If you don't like any of your local candidates hoping for your vote in the upcoming provincial election, there's a way you can cast a ballot without voting for any of them. Here’s a quick primer on how to make your choice: "None of the above."
Section 53 of the Ontario Elections Act, which states that voters unwilling to choose a candidate, or abstain from the process, can essentially vote for no one instead.
According to the law, voters who submit unmarked ballots will have their choice counted as "declined," and it will count towards the tally of voters who chose not to support any candidate at all.
The declined ballots are counted separately from those that have been "spoiled" with an illegible or otherwise unclear mark. To decline your ballot, tell the election official that you are declining your right to vote when they hand you a ballot. This is a public process and is done out loud. The election official will mark “declined” on the election documentation and your ballot will not be placed in the ballot box but in an envelope for declined ballots.
For a ballot to be declined, a voter must leave the ballot completely blank.
Declined ballots are often considered protest votes, sending a message to politicians that voters are unhappy either with politicians' behaviour, or with the options available.
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I fear that this is going to be my option. I will exercise my right to vote... but they are all just terrible choices. REALLY wish the conservatives had chosen a different leader
