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Puddy_Tat said:
contact the council - they can re-issue postal voting pack as late as 5pm on election day.


from my (some time ago) experience as a poll clerk, i think there is some special procedure for someone turning up on the day who's listed as having had a postal vote but wants to vote - think it involves putting ballot paper in to a special envelope and reporting the circumstances to the returning officer, or something (from my perspective, the process would have been 'get the presiding officer involved quick')
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Yes, that sounds about right from my very long ago experience of being a poll clerk. Actually, not sure if I was even a poll clerk, think I was the assistant. :hmm:
 
We both postal voted last night.

Didn't feel quite the same as actually going to a polling station so we went down to the post box together and congratulated each other on participating in democracy with a formal handshake.:D

I might make this a custom. :D
 
my papers turned up in the post yesterday.

all i need to do now is decide if i've got the energy and enthusiasm to vote for anyone, or to draw something on the paper

tending towards voting for the yellow vermin as best placed to win against the new tory twunt who's standing in place of the long term tory twunt who has stood down - would have been more of an inspiration to vote against him, but finding it hard to summon up any enthusiasm.

meh

and i don't have a dog to take to the post box, and doubt that either of neighbours' cats would want to go for a walk.
 
Puddy_Tat said:
my papers turned up in the post yesterday.

all i need to do now is decide if i've got the energy and enthusiasm to vote for anyone, or to draw something on the paper

tending towards voting for the yellow vermin as best placed to win against the new tory twunt who's standing in place of the long term tory twunt who has stood down - would have been more of an inspiration to vote against him, but finding it hard to summon up any enthusiasm.

meh

and i don't have a dog to take to the post box, and doubt that either of neighbours' cats would want to go for a walk.
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Can't you take yourself? :hmm:
 
sojourner said:
Why is being lazy abusing the system??
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Fuck alone knows. A young lad who was proud to be voting the first time posted a selfie putting his postal vote in the letterbox and they were all like "You can walk to a polling booth! You're abusing the system!" etc. :rolleyes:

I think it had more to do with him being 1. Young and 2. Voting Labour that enraged them.

You might've thought they'd be pleased that someone was engaging with the democratic process in their preferred manner. But no.

I dId enjoy seeing someone posting one of those "Readers added context" things though, explaining why postal votes aren't an abuse of the system. :D and marty has been having fun with them. :D
 
I've got a proxy vote as well this time so pretty chuffed. Am saving it all up for the in person experience.
 
The fear about postal votes has been bubbling for a while (I remember the NW getting chosen as one of Labour's 'all postal vote ' experiment years ago and that was coated in off-stage whispers about bloc voting etc).

Trump would all but end mail-in voting and I think Farage is saying something very similar.
 
Epona said:
I am unable to provide ID so have been disenfranchised.
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:(

are you not even registered to vote?

probably a bit late to say so now, but you don't have to provide photo identification to do the postal vote thing

and there is something you can get from local council if you don't have a passport or driving licence, but i'm not sure what you have to provide to prove you exist to get that.
 
Puddy_Tat said:
:(

are you not even registered to vote?

probably a bit late to say so now, but you don't have to provide photo identification to do the postal vote thing

and there is something you can get from local council if you don't have a passport or driving licence, but i'm not sure what you have to provide to prove you exist to get that.
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I'm on the electoral register.

Last time I checked, thing that you can get from the council if you don't have a passport was only for if you had never had a passport or driving licence - I have both (expired) but can't find them.

Anyhow I left it too late to do anything about that (or postal vote, but I will remember that for future) this time round - it's not like it's going to make any difference here I don't think, even though we've got a different Labour candidate this time than our current MP. I don't feel very enthusiastic about Labour (big surprise there) and I'd only be voting for whatever seems like the most left wing alternative option so I doubt the fact I haven't pulled my finger out to arrange a way to vote on this occasion will make the slightest bit of difference.
 
Epona said:
Last time I checked, thing that you can get from the council if you don't have a passport was only for if you had never had a passport or driving licence - I have both (expired) but can't find them.
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the way i read it, the question is 'do you have a passport you can bring to the polling station?' to which 'no' would probably be an honest answer in your case - different councils may interpret it differently
 
Still no postal vote. I have to go in to the town hall to pick up another one and don't have time until tomorrow. Which means I'll need another form to fill in to be able to submit my postal vote at the polling station instead. Bloody hell, it's a lot for a protest vote in a constituency that has a 99% confidence rate attached to the projected winner.
 
Postal vote completed with help of political lodger.

Heart said green and watching the local green councillors kicking arse in planning meetings this year almost cemented the vote but I’ve got to vote labour with head to get the fucking tory shitbag out.

It pains me as labour is fucking bereft of anything even vaguely sellable to me
 
Might go to the polling station when it opens at 7, given I’m usually on my way into work at that time and it’s only a minor detour of about 100 metres to get there. Might get to be the first in, just for the novelty.
 
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