2021 Local elections

[ruffneck23]

I hope this hasnt been posted before, but after watching this , he would have my vote if i was in that london

 

[Shechemite]

Doesn’t disappear Khan

 

[strung out]

I went out and voted at 7am this morning - think I was the second person to vote, although I got confused because they have three stations at the same location this year, and I had no idea which one I was supposed to go to. Fortunately as it was my usual station, they worked it out without me having to go to all three to see where my name was.

i voted for a sitting Labour councillor who has apparently been back by Momentum. I was told on the doorstep by a Labour canvasser that that other Labour candidate 'would have been a member of the German Greens if she still lived in Germany', so I decided to use my second vote for the least posh sounding actual Green candidate. I checked his social media afterwards and didn't have to go that far back to find a 'fuck all landlords' tweet, so feel comfortable with my choice.

 

[two sheds]

It's always confused me that you have to put a cross against the name you're choosing. I'd have thought a tick would be more appropriate, but I wonder whether that would invalidate the vote.

 

[DotCommunist]

It's always confused me that you have to put a cross against the name you're choosing. I'd have thought a tick would be more appropriate, but I wonder whether that would invalidate the vote.

surely ticks can be flourishy and go outside the box, thus causing disputes in a re-count.

 

[Leafster]

I got to my polling station at 8:30 this morning and was the seventh person to vote.

They were limiting* the number of people entering and I had to wait a bit as the person in front of me had a proxy vote and the presiding officer was panicking as he couldn't remember what to do.

* I think they were only allowing two voters into the actual polling station at a time but I couldn't see for sure. I just know that when I was let in there was only the bloke with the proxy vote and loads of officials behind screens.

 

[two sheds]

surely ticks can be flourishy and go outside the box, thus causing disputes in a re-count.

but crosses can be angry and go outside the box ....

 

[pesh]

It's always confused me that you have to put a cross against the name you're choosing. I'd have thought a tick would be more appropriate, but I wonder whether that would invalidate the vote.

Election 2015: MP thanks voter for penis ballot paper mark

A Welsh voter draws a penis on their ballot slip - and the vote still counts because it was all inside the box.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[two sheds]

Just had the green candidate call round asking whether I'd voted - second time she's called I think she likes me

I have postal vote anyway, but as she left she said 'we need to keep <tory candidate can't remember his name> out'

 

[Guineveretoo]

It's always confused me that you have to put a cross against the name you're choosing. I'd have thought a tick would be more appropriate, but I wonder whether that would invalidate the vote.

It doesn't.

 

[Dom Traynor]

It's always confused me that you have to put a cross against the name you're choosing. I'd have thought a tick would be more appropriate, but I wonder whether that would invalidate the vote.

No it doesn't.

In NZ we use ticks. Officially although I normally put a cross out of force of habit and have been assured that won't spoil it here either.

 

[two sheds]

Ta, reassuring to know.

 

[ddraig]

As long as it's a clear mark in one box it all counts

 

[bellaozzydog]

Can candidates hang around outside polling stations wearing their conservative rosettes

like bad fucking smells

 

[ddraig]

Steady stream at my station, more than I thought
Hourly cleaning schedule, overkill amounts of PPE/sanitising stuff and hundreds of disposable pencils

 

[ddraig]

Can candidates hang around outside polling stations wearing their conservative rosettes

like bad fucking smells

Yes, as long as not impeding people wanting to vote

 

[bellaozzydog]

Yes, as long as not impeding people wanting to vote

they impeded the digestion of my lunch. If I was a better man I’d have stopped and discussed the current U.K. shit show but they triggered my fight or flight response

 

[Badgers]

The Luton polling station I am working at only has the PCC vote on.

So far (7 hours) we have had just over 30 voters in.

Only 8 hours to go

 

[Leafster]

The Luton polling station I am working at only has the PCC vote on.

So far (7 hours) we have had just over 30 voters in.

Only 8 hours to go

I know I went relatively earlier (8:30am) to vote at my polling station but I was only the seventh voter even though we have a five separate elections.

 

[brogdale]

I know I went relatively earlier (8:30am) to vote at my polling station but I was only the seventh voter even though we have a five separate elections.

Demand for those various shit sandwiches not as high as the purveyors had hoped?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Fuck this shit, Binface all the way

I just wonder how many votes Binface would need to get before Starmer decided his next tactical move was to demonstrate that actually he can wear a bin on his head too.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Final leaflet count:

• One sheet of exclamation mark littered shite from Britain First
• Another sheet explaining who Britain First are and why you shouldn't vote for the twats
• One Lib Dem
• One Tory
• One Green
• One nice-guy independent saying, 'hey, vote for me. I'm nice and ordinary'
• Four Labour

Nobody has actually knocked on the door to speak to us, though. City and County seats plus PCC up for grabs here.

 

[ddraig]

The Luton polling station I am working at only has the PCC vote on.

So far (7 hours) we have had just over 30 voters in.

Only 8 hours to go

Thought they didn't do PCC only anymore due to such low numbers, the one time I did it think we had like 16/20 all day! Was looooong

 

[Smangus]

Labour working hard in my road to pull out the vote, never seen this before in any election. In Catford London. Lady knocked on my door asking if we had voted yet , felt I couldn't swear as she had her 8 year old with her.

 

[two sheds]

Could perhaps discussed your reasons for not voting for them with the 8 year old as most likely the more rational.

 

[two sheds]

I've just realized I voted for PCC without thinking - pissed off because I don't want to encourage them

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Just voted here in Exeter. One person leaving as I arrived and two arriving as I left, but people at the polling station said it had been very quiet all day.

 

[magneze]

Labour bloke knocked on the door. I could see a rosette through the glass so I just ignored it.

 

[two sheds]

I'd be keen to talk to them tbh

 

[Poot]

You get two choices for police and crime commissioner and there are only four candidates. I had to hold my nose and give the second vote to green, and he looked about as much use as a piece of wet lettuce. If I'd been stabbed on my way home I feel like I'd have only myself to blame.