London Mayoral Election 2024
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Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
you could have handed in the postal vote, though.I didn't get to vote.I hadn't managed to send in my postal vote, so went in in person (had to take my daughter anyway) and they said I couldn't change to an in-person vote because it was after 5pm. None of the govt websites mentioned that. Still, at least it's better than last time when they claimed I had to go to the town hall to do it.
If Khan loses by one vote, I'll know who to blame!
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
You can certainly hand in postal votes, in their envelopes, until the poll close at 10pm. But you can't change to an in person vote, and be issued another ballot paper.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
they are not even starting the count until tomorrow.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
if you took your completed postal vote, in its envelope and correctly signed, in to the polling station, it should have been accepted.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
yes - the form when you hand in a ballot paper is new. It is to stop the political parties from hoovering up postal votes. I have never experienced party representatives handing in dozens at a time, but I have heard that it used to happen, and this initiative is to stop it.(ETA - posted before i saw #198 so have repeated some of what you said)
i did the postal vote thing this time, as i knew i was going to be away for work today and couldn't face either getting up even earlier to go and vote, or having to go on the way home (office is about an hour and a half away, but i only go there about once a month)
the bumf i got says pretty much the same thing as the image you've posted about 'if you miss the post....' - handing it over at council office during office hours, or before 10 pm at any polling station on the patch but you have to fill an additional form in to do that.
it says you can only cancel your postal vote (to change to voting in person) before 17 april, so i don't think the concept of changing to an in-person vote on the day is a thing. (i think the rules are national rather than each council making their own rules up, although there's an outside chance the rules are different in london mayoral / GLA compared to a local council outside london)
the idea of having to fill in a separate form when handing over a postal vote seems new - i know there have been allegations of dodgy practices with people gathering a lot of other peoples' postal votes and going to hand a bundle of them in.
but i think someone (at your polling station) has blundered, may be worth contacting the council once they have caught up on their sleep next week.
if council i work for is anything to go by (i live too far away to consider doing poll clerk duty there) there's probably a lot of new people on election duty today, but when i did poll clerk somewhere else years ago, i was told that if a situation happened i didn't know what to do about, to refer to the presiding officer rather than risk giving a wrong answer. and even if something happens that presiding officer at a polling station isn't sure about, there are roving senior officers they could have called.
or alternatively make a huge fuss if candidate you don't like wins by 1 vote...
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
SUSAN HALL DECLARED LONDON MAYOR!
Blimey!
is this a trump stop the vote now situation :
anyways its going to be Count Binface
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
the only thing you could have done is to hand in a completed postal vote. I don't know what form it is, but I would also have sent you away if you came with anything other than the postal vote to hand in.
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
Hmmm I doubt itSUSAN HALL DECLARED LONDON MAYOR!
Blimey!
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
April fools day was last monthSUSAN HALL DECLARED LONDON MAYOR!
Blimey!
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Yes. I know. The postal vote is the form I was referring to. The one with the info on it that I took a photo of and posted earlier.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
If it was sealed as if you were going to post it then they fucked up and you should complain. I would, anyway
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Surrounded by vermin
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
H'angus
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Was well respected by all. A true unity Monkey.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Yeah, I'm not colour blind and I had to do a double take.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
It always seemed a massive betrayal of the electorate that H’ngus didn’t attend meetings and other executive mayor commitments in his full costume…
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I remember the initial outcry. He won them back however through his policies and occasional wearing of ceremonial dress.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
This point was made to me by several voters and I reported it.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
I checked carefully and made sure I put then in the wrong boxes
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
What a bunch of clowns!Superb timing of Susan Hall's propaganda arriving on the doormat the day after the election
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brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Looks like PO delivered material?Superb timing of Susan Hall's propaganda arriving on the doormat the day after the election
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If so, a certain irony that their privatised 'service' can't even deliver their lies on time.
Cloo
Banana for scale
I will infuriate Hall by recycling them like the wokerista that I am, rather than burning them with some tyres like a true Englishman.
klang
klang
I let the toddler decide what paper in what ballot
andysays
Love and solidarity
That reminds me of the running joke from 24 Hour Party People where Peter Saville repeatedly turns up with flyers he's just finished while the event they're supposed to be advertising is going on.Superb timing of Susan Hall's propaganda arriving on the doormat the day after the election
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I suspect Hall’s tardiness is down to deliberate stalling by whoever was paid to deliver them
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