Saronne Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I'm going on my way home from work. I get really cross with people saying they aren't going to vote as a protest, it's that sort of attitude that will get the extremist parties elected!! How right you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillus Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Nice to see so many voters. My husband was in the polling station a little while ago and a lovely old lady came in, got her ballot paper and after a few minutes reappeared at t he desk with it. She said to the ladies manning the desks that she could not make head nor tail of it or make her mind up as it had 13 boxes. " What is the British National party" she asked as it was top of the list, the ladies said that they were not allowed to discuss that or who to vote for with her and she told them she did not mind who knew who she was voting for. She then asked again what the British National Party were and after persisting the lady behind the desk told her " That's the racist lot!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iar fach goch Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I went to vote this morning and the staff at the polling station were very pleased to see me - I was only their 4th customer and it was half past eleven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 No and No to both questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I haven't been yet - waiting for OH and going together - but have seen absolutely NO material from ANY party except the BNP, and I wouldn't vote for them in a million years. It worries me enormously that we could end up with a councillor from an extremist party. Our current three are Lib Dems and work hard for us. They all live locally too. As for the European elections, no material at all has been sent. Not a thing. No wonder so many people don't bother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Thinking of going later - heaven knows who I'll vote for - wish there was a chickeny option to vote for! Frankly - I couldn't really care less - as they are all a bunch of (bleep). Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Can't vote so no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Please please vote even if just to keep the BNP out. They're not just racist the majority of this forum would be made to stay at home and oh rape seems to be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Went to vote a little while ago, and was surprised at how many parties were on the ballot paper (13 in my area). The European slip took me about five minute to read through there were so many candidates on it. I was sorely tempted to vote for Ave Rome party but resisted the temptation! I voted for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerbluebadger Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I voted as woman died in order for me to do so! My husband however can not be bothered to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I think it's so sad that a lot of people don't vote but i do understand when they feel like it won't make a difference. I got into politics more after doing A level Economics and i would vote for anybody that made economics or politics compulsory. As for leaflets, we got loads, including Conservative ones that were addressed to each of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Went to vote a little while ago, and was surprised at how many parties were on the ballot paper (13 in my area). The European slip took me about five minute to read through there were so many candidates on it. I was sorely tempted to vote for Ave Rome party but resisted the temptation! I voted for them! Well done! After reading through the novel, the only one that caught my eye was the Roman Party - Ave! Part of me wanted to hear his Veni, vedi, vici victory speech! But I chickened out and voted for someone else. I took mum and luckily the two BNP bouncers at the door had already pounced on someone so we sneaked past. Apparently they were still there this evening when OH went - he thought 2 from the same party was too much - he thought they were rather intimidating. Well I nearly posted my car keys while fiddling with the yellow form in an effort to post it in the box - which was bulging at the seams - the lady warned me about the keys because they had watched my trying to see where I had put the council paper (and I had it in my other hand). Then they laughed at me. I said that they needed a bigger box - and they had already sent one off and this was a bigger box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I would vote, if I was old enough and I'd vote for the Lib Dems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 i voted though ihave to say that the european election seemed to have loads of partys. There were also a couple seemed to have the same title but the words were in a different order. Reminded me of the life of brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I've been to vote this morning at 10am. OH voted at 3pm and apparently only 12 other people voted between us! What a waste! Ours was purely for the European candidate and we had 12 choices of party to vote for. It took me ages to read the whole sheet before placing my X. Had to do some nifty origami to get it through the slot in the box too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I hate the lot of them but went and voted because apathy means the likes of ukip of the bnp have a chance of getting in and I don't want that on my conscience. I voted tactically but not saying who for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Im ashamed to say this time I have not voted. I ALWAYS vote. However I am now a postal voter. When my paper came through the post we had about 12 or so to choose from. I had made a decision not to vote for my usual so was a bit boggled by the array of choice. I vowed that I would read any correspondence or listen to anyone who came to my door and would pick one of these who had encouraged my to spend my vote on them. Not one peice of literature has fallen on my door mat and no one has come to call. I waited and then realised I had missed the deadline, so no vote for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 In the end I decided not to vote, as had I gone I would have been tempted to draw on my ballot paper. It would have been something not nice & expressing my opinion - So I thought as my vote would then be void & a waste of paper - I'd save the environment & not vote! If it had been a big election or local election - I might have gone. I would never vote for any of 'the 3 ' though. I prefer alternative parties & their crazy but good ideas. Oh how I wish for Emma's world! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Im ashamed to say this time I have not voted. I ALWAYS vote. However I am now a postal voter. When my paper came through the post we had about 12 or so to choose from. I had made a decision not to vote for my usual so was a bit boggled by the array of choice. I vowed that I would read any correspondence or listen to anyone who came to my door and would pick one of these who had encouraged my to spend my vote on them. Not one peice of literature has fallen on my door mat and no one has come to call. I waited and then realised I had missed the deadline, so no vote for me. Too late now, but you could have handed your postal vote in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I didnt know I could do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Well I am bursting with good citizenship ... forgot to take my polling card with me this morning, too late to vote before work so I planned to go on the way home. Didn't leave work till 7.30 pm (last day before holiday), but even so I got off the train at 8.15 and dutifully walked in the opposite direction to home, so I could cross under the line and come out opposite the church which is our polling station. I got there - and it wasn't! Wasn't a polling station, that is - door closed, no signs. Grrr! I got home, found the polling card and spotted the note on the bottom ... 'this is a change of polling station'. How was I to know they'd moved it? And I STILL went out and voted, I did think twice about it but at least tomorrow morning I'll have the right to complain about the result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 We had an overall turnout of over 38%, with nearly 80% of postal votes returned . We were banking on apathy to get us home at a decent time, but it was gone 3.00am when we left and we were back at 7.00am to clear up/set up for today. Hope they don't want advising on anything complicated at the count this morning (like what day of the week it is ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillus Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Sounds like your turnout was better than the average, here in Scotland we will not know till Monday I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleleicesterfox Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I am a proud lib dem member so I voted for my team as usual. We are going to a unitary council from several district councils and so we voted in our local elections as well yesterday. There were only three candidates in our ward, the lib dem, a tory called Chuck Berry (I kid you not!) and, for the green party, Sophy Fearnley-Whittingstall. She may have stood more of a chance with me if her campaign literature said: 'like my brother, TV's Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall...' and I though 'who else is it going to be? If you're going to trade on your famous connections at least don't treat us like morons - I'm sure 'Like my brother, Hugh' would have been adequate!' Asking at the polling station yesterday, they said that they had had a good turnout which is unusual in local elections around here, where its normally less than 30%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 There were only three candidates in our ward, the lib dem, a tory called Chuck Berry (I kid you not!) and, for the green party, Sophy Fearnley-Whittingstall. She may have stood more of a chance with me if her campaign literature said: 'like my brother, TV's Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall...' and I though 'who else is it going to be? If you're going to trade on your famous connections at least don't treat us like morons - I'm sure 'Like my brother, Hugh' would have been adequate!' I think she'd have lost my vote for the name-dropping! Surely the policies should be more important! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
