What turn out at your polling station?

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  1. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    I've just returned from voting.

    I wonder how many people bothered to vote! :scratch:

    My guess is that it may reach a massive 30% in our parish. :heehee:

    If it does then it will be a bit more than normal.

    What's your guess for your area? And let us know when the details are published. :thumbsup:
     
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    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    Hi

    Not many now as its pouring with rain , but the farms and gardens round here will be happy with that

    Spruce
     
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    If there is any change needed to the Voting system in this country (not saying there isn't or there is) my change would be to make voting compulsory.
    Both my wife and I have voted in every election in which we have been entitled to vote. Mind I can also reveal that in nearly 50 years of voting I have never managed to vote for the winning candidate. Do I think my votes have been wasted? NO!
     
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    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    Well said, Palustris! :dbgrtmb: :love30:
     
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    We two here are postal voters, so it`s 100% turnout at this address.:dbgrtmb::dbgrtmb::D
     
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    What vote was that then, never got any cards thru. Was it a General Election:what:
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Ziggy, I never got a card either?
     
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    They've probably been looking on here and already know what we think then Pete:DOH:
     
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    music Memories Are Made Of This.

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    Its Great to know we are in good safe commanding hands:WINK1:.
    I went to vote this morning ,i was approached at the entrance by a knuckle's trailing on the ground character who asked me my address, to find my polling booth. i gave him my address
    which he replied, EH, EH, (eyes looking up to god for inspiration) EH, first right and its in there
    Somewhere :wallbang:. God Help Us.:scratch:.
     
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    There was nearly one less at my Polling Station. I've been priming myself for the last 3 weeks, reminding myself to go and vote [as I always do]. Today I went to my sister's, dug over her garden as she's been asking me to for weeks, planted Runner Beans, Climbing Beans, Peas, Lupins, Dahlias, Asters, Rudbeckias, Delphiniums and the like, drove back home, and did a load of jobs for myself. Then I had some tea, settled down for the TV, thought I'd get onto Gardeners Corner, and saw this Thread - I'd forgotten all about voting!! Luckily for me, the Polling Station is only 400 yards away, so I was around in a flash. :DOH::what::DOH:
     
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    I took the approach that if they aint bothered, why should I:scratch::D

    I mean, I know its council elections but we always get the same lot in every time, and even if we didn't, nothing would change.
    They would still spend money on stupid things and cut back on the things that count.

    As to the AV vote, well, we have been told by every politician apart from Cleggy to vote NO, every news paper said "vote NO", so I was only going to vote YES to be different.:D

    Seems I've missed the boat now.
    But anyway it means I dont have to run the gauntlet of the local kids.
    The polling station is the youth club and they hang around the place like there aint no place else to go, so lets p*** all the voters off.:mad:
     
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    You don't seem. to me, Pete, to be the type of person to be put off by anyone:D
     
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    I wasn't put off by them, I really just couldn't get round to it.

    Too many things to do.
    And i'm knackered now:)
     
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    Pete, you sound like the type of guy who should be STANDING for election.:love30::love30::dbgrtmb: Go for it my friend.:thumbsup:
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Yeah good idea Dai.

    I'm sure I'd be quite good at filling in the expenses sheet:WINK1:
     
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