{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/68f5fe64842e1823cc3569c9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Campaign Encouraging People to Spoil Their Vote in Upcoming Presidential Election Launched in Dublin City Centre - 20/10/2025","description":"<p>A campaign encouraging people to spoil their vote in the upcoming Presidential Election has been launched in Dublin city centre.</p><p><br></p><p>Among the members of the \"Spoil the Vote\" campaign is businessman Declan Ganley, who said he would be writing \"1 Maria Steen\" on his ballot paper next Friday.</p><p><br></p><p>An Irish Times Ipsos B&amp;A poll released yesterday indicated that 6% intend to spoil their vote on polling day next Friday.</p><p><br></p><p>In the two previous presidential elections, between 1% and 1.25% of votes were spoiled. In 2018, that amounted to 14,700 votes.</p><p><br></p><p>Declan Ganley joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about the Spoil the Vote campaign and why he is urging everyone to spoil their votes this Friday. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}