General Chat

Dear LittleLost

I was a canvasser at the 1997 elections.

I sat outside the polling station and I could not keep up with collecting the voting cards. There was a very high turnout.


Dear Mynameised,

At least you made the effort and went to vote.

We all got thank you's for going along and voting!


Dear Maggie winchester

No I didn't see Monster Raving Loony party, either.

Unfortunately, there has been a lot of nasty literature from some political parties which came through the post. All of it went in the bin.

Best wishes to all.xx

I voted on the way to work this morning. I've seen it busier, but there were quite a few.
I voted for the one local councillor who made an effort to find out my views. However - the EU one - 13 candidates and I hadn't seen a representative from any of them - or heard of half of them!!!
Sadly the Raving Looney Party wasn't on there, however I still voted.

Well, I went to vote this evening and had to fight my way through the cobwebs across the entrance and then wake up the man with the long beard, he then blew the dust off the voting slips and congratulated me for being the first person in to vote. I was going to ask if he had had a busy day.

I was disappointed that there were no canvassers at the polling booth as I wanted to question them.

Dear All

When my family went to vote a short time ago, we were
the only voters at the polling station.

There was more staff and canvassers!

Yes, we all have felt disillusioned and angry the last few weeks.

But I did think seriously about who to vote for and I feel that
I made the right decision.

Best wishes to all.
xx

I've just been to vote and was greatly amused to see one of the EU parties is called the Roman Party!

Bless 'em all!

At the polling station I learned there are over 900 people eligible to vote there, 100 of which are postal votes, and of the rest they thought about 200 would turn up. Amazing really in a village of about 4 roads where nearly everyone can walk to the polls - it's only us in the sticks who have to drive in.

Not sure UKIP is any better than any of the others - they have one (ex) member in jail for EU fraud and one on trial at present !!

Although I sympathasize with UKIP I shan't vote for them in the European elections as a decision to withdraw from the EU can only be made and acted on in the UK parliament, not from within the EU parliament.

Still undecided in the County election. Will do some research on policies this afternoon and vote this evening.

My wife shall be proxy voting for me today, as expressed previously, if you don't vote, you cannot complain!

Maureen....I had the same amount of bumf throuhg the door as you. I had to search the net to find out who was standing in our area and then go and look at each individual website to find out more about them

Went to the polling station one hour ago and I was the 100th person to vote so far today.

That is disgusting turnout so far as more than 100 people live in the same street as me.

Local paper did not print any info on the candidates and just referred you to their website - which did not have any details either.

Had 2 leaflets through the door - LAB and CON - but there were 12 different parties on the voting slip - 6 of whom I had not heard of before so how could anyone vote for them.

Maureen

I am - my parents are away in the Shetlands and my sister just isn't interested in politics in the slightest, so there's only me left in this house!

Just reading your point, Chris, re. voter apathy - I can't help but feel like perhaps the state we're in now is the result of a vicious cycle. We don't feel like voting because we don't feel like we're heard, so - as with the last general election - Labour got in because the turnout was only around 60%. So the MPs probably thought they could do as they liked re. expenses because a big chunk of the voters weren't voting.

Yes I will vote! it is my right!

Just stop and think of good people in oppressive countries who are denied their rights and don't have any freedom at all!

Yes i will be voting without a doubt, many people have lost there lives fighting for the right to vote, please dont let their demise go to waste.

Give the LIB/LAB/CON EU puppets a bloody nose let these CON artist's know what we think of them and their marxist policies.

Have just voted.....BC

I've just cast my vote for the European bit.........but made a point of ruining my local county ballot paper .

Have always voted.As others have said...if you don't vote you can't complain!!

Brenda x

Yes, I will vote.

I always think-remember the suffragettes who worked to get us women the vote !!

The person who organised the "Julie must go" campaign told a reporter she "had not voted for years"

Yes I'll be voting, I agree with DET Emily Pankhurst and Co went through to much for me to waste my vote, then at least I cant moan whoever gets in. What makes me sad is my daughters never vote although I have they know the story of the Pankhursts, and I think its inportant.
lynn

Yes I'll be voting - always do. I am as disillusioned as most people are at the moment, but it is the only way I can 'have a say'. We have both European and County Council elections here in Warwickshire.