Tumble weed
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Make sure you vote and take some ID with you 
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Local elections today.
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tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Apathy is real here, I have no idea what any of these people do, or say they'll do, or pretend they'll do when really they'll do the other.
Tumble weed
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Didn't even get any marketing information through my door this time. Slackers.
staffordjas
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Got a right little jobsworth at our local poliing station.
Having dodged the various party bods sitting outside demanding peoples name and addresses , which they didn't need to know.......
Walked in with my card , already heading to polling station 2 as on the card.
Way suddenly blocked by an ' I'm a very important official' female.
" STOP! I need to see your card "
"Why?"
"I need to tell you where to go"
"I know where I'm going . To polling station 2 "
"I need to see your card to tell you where to go "
"I know where I'm going , no.2 the middle one "
Shows her my card to stop her blocking my way... checks with me if that is my address.
" You go to polling station 2 , the middle one over there"
Having dodged the various party bods sitting outside demanding peoples name and addresses , which they didn't need to know.......
Walked in with my card , already heading to polling station 2 as on the card.
Way suddenly blocked by an ' I'm a very important official' female.
" STOP! I need to see your card "
"Why?"
"I need to tell you where to go"
"I know where I'm going . To polling station 2 "
"I need to see your card to tell you where to go "
"I know where I'm going , no.2 the middle one "
Shows her my card to stop her blocking my way... checks with me if that is my address.
" You go to polling station 2 , the middle one over there"
staffordjas
Well-Known Forumite
Our green party (who are big around here) have been driving us mad with constant daily ringing of the doorbell , about 4 pieces of literature a day for weeks pushed through . Personalised letters in what looks like hand written envelopes , which makes me panic wondering who is writing to us.
Yesterday a 'thank you ' card in personalised envelope , with colour photo of the candidate and his mother thanking us for our vote in advance .
Been woken up twice at 6am , once while on holiday , by the ring doorbell with the literature being pushed through!
Thought the greens were all about not wasting paper etc !
Just the one leaflet from conservatives yesterday. (Plus one for the police commissioner position , which I didn't bother reading . Then discovered at the polling station we had to vote for one of them as well )
Libdems been sending personalised envelopes with letters thanking for our vote in advance. Another lot scaring me coming through the door with "Hello Neighbour".
Not seen any for labour .
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Tumble weed
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Mine was very relaxed , but it seemed very quietGot a right little jobsworth at our local poliing station.
Having dodged the various party bods sitting outside demanding peoples name and addresses , which they didn't need to know.......
Walked in with my card , already heading to polling station 2 as on the card.
Way suddenly blocked by an ' I'm a very important official' female.
" STOP! I need to see your card "
"Why?"
"I need to tell you where to go"
"I know where I'm going . To polling station 2 "
"I need to see your card to tell you where to go "
"I know where I'm going , no.2 the middle one "
Shows her my card to stop her blocking my way... checks with me if that is my address.
" You go to polling station 2 , the middle one over there"
, I didn't know you had special booths to go in. It was a free for all at my one.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
This technique has been covered in detail previously.
Did you vote yesterday?
I wish I was less cynical, no, really I do I cannot ever remember the word magnificent being used in relation to a politician But then I have met too many
basil
don't mention the blinds
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
No ID, no vote: Johnson turned away from polling station
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has been turned away from a polling station in England after forgetting to bring photo identification.
joshua
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Another cunning stunt to get his fat face in the papers, meanwhile exsoldiers are being refused because the new vetrans I'd card isn't on the listNo ID, no vote: Johnson turned away from polling station
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has been turned away from a polling station in England after forgetting to bring photo identification.www.rte.ie
Feed The Goat
Well-Known Forumite
What polling station did Angela Rayner use?
Depends what house she is registered at.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Didn't she sell it a decade ago?
Although does raise a point, could all MPs vote in Westminster instead if they chose as they all have second homes funded by the taxpayer there? Or do they have to use their constituency homes as their legal main residence?
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
As I understand it, you can choose which of your residences to register at for electoral purposes. MPs may be in a slightly different position, as they have to declare a primary residence, in order to get the 'best' personal outcome from the expenses system. And the five-yearly photo-op of them voting for themselves requires being registered to vote in the constituency where they vote.
I also suspect that it is fairly 'safe' (for the general population) to register at more than one address, at least if you are not a well-known public figure. You could use postal votes, to make the logistics easier, and to reduce the chance of physical recognition.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Turnout figure says it all, I'm guessing if they had council elections at the same time it would have been a lot higher.