Darvond: Complain to polling official that there's clearly something wrong.
Yeah, I would probably be ranting to a poor innocent polling assessor, and then try to convince people in the waiting line behind me that they shouldn't participate in an invalid vote.
Answers to a silly or unexistent question can have a huge impact. I'm still steaming over a crooked poll our previous mayor had a few years ago...
"We want to create a new paved marketplace on the town square, but that project means we will have to cut down the 100+ years old trees and the little park that exist there. What should we do :
a - cut down and pave all the trees and all the park
b - cut down and pave 1/2 of the trees
c - cut down and pave 1/4 of the trees and 1/2 of the park
You'll notice there was no possible answer saying that the trees and the park should be left alone...
Approx 1/10 of the town population answered the "referendum", and most of them chose the last option, with comments like "if we really, really, REALLY need to do that silly project, then I prefer the one that will have the least amount of trees cut down"
The mayor then proceeded to announce that his project of cutting down 1/4 of the trees of the town plaza had recieved an overwhelming approval from the population, with "over 90% of the voters saying yes to option c"...
God am I thankful we got rid of his crooked ass at the next local election!
Another "less local" example was for a constitutional referendum : A few years ago, a national referendum asked if we wanted the presidential election to be held every 5 years (instead of 7 years, as was done before.)
Most people chose 5 years, because a shorter duration meant a president who would have to listen to the population, right?
Wrong. The end result was to allow presidential election to happen just 1 month before legislative election (also held every 5 years), meaning that now, the assembly (our congress) is always dominated by the president's yes men (since the 2 elections are so close, people will vote for the same party on both). So the main countercheck against presidential abuse in our constitution has been neutralised by a "simple calendar change"
So nope, I certainly won't vote on a referendum I don't understand. It's dangerous.