Thursday
04Jun2009
I won't be voting
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9:01PM
Like Chris Dillow, I won't be voting. But my reasons are less considered.
I got to the polling station to be told I was on the postal vote list.
I get home and I can’t find the letter. It's probably been shredded.
I’ve been democratically disenfranchised by an unholy affair between my Commie wife and her Staples electric shredder. The scheming bastards.
I got to the polling station to be told I was on the postal vote list.
I get home and I can’t find the letter. It's probably been shredded.
I’ve been democratically disenfranchised by an unholy affair between my Commie wife and her Staples electric shredder. The scheming bastards.
Reader Comments (7)
I'd write a letter to your MP, if you still have one that is?
Join the club.
Who would you have voted for? Surely not bombing Brown.
Probably Lib Dem.
Maybe the Greens.
Yes, that's what I'd do were I in the UK, but then I am frustrated by the Lib Dems tactics of trying to be something they're not - they're about winning arguments not winning power, and should not be trying to position themselves along the spectrum to hoover up votes. They need a big idea, then stick to it.
Hi there, came across your comment and felt the need to reply.
I work in electoral services, and know that up until 5pm on polling day, you could have applied for replacement ballot paper(s), as your original ones were lost/spoilt.
I'm not sure which letter you're referring to, but you should have received a postal poll card in May informing you that you were a postal voter for the forthcoming election.
If you wish to revert to voting at the polling station in future, you need to write to your electoral servies dept to cancel your postal voting arrangements.
Just a thought for the future, so that you don't have the same experience again. :-)
Thanks Gemz,
When I read things like http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/13/iran-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-riots-tehran-election" rel="nofollow">this, I realise that I should have tried harder to make my vote count.