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2021 Local elections

They have to go ahead really as they have to believe the situation will be a better come May. It bloody well better be or we have real problems. Given their local elections I imagine the turnouts will be really low. I can't see many people being motivated to sort out a postal vote and the I can't see the prospect of queuing outside a polling station appealing to many.
 
Going and voting is likely to be relatively safe. I'm not so sure I'd be comfortable being a polling clerk sat there all day, even with a plastic screen, because of the sheer number of people coming through and the fact that many of the spaces used to vote are not necessarily spacious or well ventilated - but I suppose it's not a million miles away from working in retail. What seems to me to be a much bigger issue is the count - which is more labour intensive in this country than the US because we don't use machines.
 
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Agreed. It might also shut some loon covidiots up who claim it's the NWO and elecshuns are BANNED! etc
 
lazythursday said:
Going and voting is likely to be relatively safe. I'm not so sure I'd be comfortable being a polling clerk sat there all day, even with a plastic screen, because of the sheer number of people coming through and the fact that many of the spaces used to vote are not necessarily spacious or well ventilated - but I suppose it's not a million miles away from working in retail. What seems to me to be a much bigger issue is the count - which is more labour intensive in this country than the US because we don't use machines.
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Yeah, not particularly looking forward to it if it does go ahead but lucky to have a modern and large building as my station
 
Association of Electoral Administrators making the (predictable) warning that they'll be short of staff & venues to effect the various May 6 Local Elections.

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Laura Lock, the deputy chief executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA), said matters had been made more difficult by a government request earlier this month that schools not be closed for use as polling stations if possible, and by the requisitioning of many other venues as testing or vaccination centres.

Finding polling stations had become “really difficult”, Lock said. “Each week, people are telling us: ‘I’ve lost another station because of testing or vaccines.’ It’s just been constant. We’ve been raising this with the Cabinet Office, saying we need both arms of government to be pulling in the same direction.”

Members were also reporting big shortages of staff, Lock said, a problem compounded by the fact that many election workers and volunteers tended to be older and that even with the rapid vaccination programme, people were wary.
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Had a letter from my council reminding me i can apply for a postal vote if worried about covid with a form to apply for it. Think i will stick with the polling station and wear a mask. Turn out round here is normally low for council elections.
 
moochedit said:
Had a letter from my council reminding me i can apply for a postal vote if worried about covid with a form to apply for it. Think i will stick with the polling station and wear a mask. Turn out round here is normally low for council elections.
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Yes, certainly true that Local Election turnouts tend to be low, but here in GL we're going to have the Mayoral/GLA elections which last time (2016) saw a reasonably high 45% turnout.
 
brogdale said:
Yes, certainly true that Local Election turnouts tend to be low, but here in GL we're going to have the Mayoral/GLA elections which last time (2016) saw a reasonably high 45% turnout.
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The letter i received says council, police commissioner and Mayoral elections which i assume means the west midlands mayor but i don't think there will be as much interest in the mayor here.
 
moochedit said:
The letter i received says council, police commissioner and Mayoral elections which i assume means the west midlands mayor but i don't think there will be as much interest in the mayor here.
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tbh the level of interest/turnout doesn't really have any impact on how many PS venues or count workers are required up front by EROs; they're kind of like 'fixed costs'.
 
What could possibly go wrong?

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Can't think that all households will be super chuffed to have activists bothering them at their door.
 
Well my confirmation email for a postal vote has been granted and then I get a card through for the Census. Oh joy.
Wonder what level of canvassing for local elections is going to be like as Labour took too much for granted in the last local and national elections and ended up handing nearly everything over to the Cons.
 
Just had the first leaflet through for the PCC and district councillor elections from the Labour Party in north Bolsover.
 
gentlegreen said:
could someone please tell me who to vote for ?
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My Bristol votes (possibly)
Council: One Labour (cos he's been ace over the last year in the community and also signed the statement calling for an enquiry into A&S Plod brutality) and one no vote
Bristol mayor: Might do a TUSC and maybe second pref the Green under protest
PCC: just no
WECA mayor: Absolutely not

ETA: to explain/apologise for that one rogue Labour vote, I have two councillors, both Tories and one of whom is their leader on the council. He is chair of the local community centre as well but does fuck all while one of the Labour candidates is a trustee of the same community centre and does shit loads, especially pandemic related around here. It would be objectively hilarious if he were to unseat the Tory so I'm voting for him
 
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I've just looked at my polling cards (yes two) and it looks like I'll be spending some time in the polling station crossing all the boxes.

We have PCC, County Council, District Council and Parish Council elections as well as a referendum on the Neighbourhood Planning Policy.
 
Leafster said:
I've just looked at my polling cards (yes two) and it looks like I'll be spending some time in the polling station crossing all the boxes.

We have PCC, County Council, District Council and Parish Council elections as well as a referendum on the Neighbourhood Planning Policy.
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Thought mine was bad with 3 papers! gonna be a nightmare on polling day
 
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