Please get out and vote on Thursday

[teejay]

On Thursday we have the first referendum for the whole of the UK since the 1970's.

It would've been nice for it to have been a more sensible referendum on voting reform or the very long overdue referendum on EU membership, but it's still very important to show MP's that we care about what goes on in politics and that we do want referendums. A low turnout will just give them an excuse not to bother in the future, a high turnout will make them sit up and think and give amunition to the call for more constructive referendums.

So please, don't ignore it, get out there and vote

 

PS

We've had a great YES/NO to AV debate thread on here, thanks all those who took part and it was nice to see that neg rep didn't start getting used

[steve]

Already voted by post

[Jiser]

Both options are fine but I am voting yes to shake things up a bit.

[TechMonkey]

Ohhhh I forgot about the rep feature, I'm off to do some marking

 

I've said to friends, I don't care how they vote as long as they do it informed & that they do it. If they don't they get a slap on all future occasions they whine about something related.

[teejay]

Ohhhh I forgot about the rep feature, I'm off to do some marking

 

Ooops

[elsiegee40]

I've voted on my way to work this morning.

[TechMonkey]

& if you're an annoying, stubborn get like me, play the game of avoiding the party counters outside the polling station. Annoys the hell out of them as they have the idea they are official and brings a smile to my face.

[36Degrees]

Shall be taking a walk around the village tonight via the Polling Station.

[teejay]

Shall be taking a walk around the village tonight via the Polling Station.

 

Now no turning it into a pub crawl

[bodminman]

I've voted on my way to work this morning.

 

Me and the wife did too.

[36Degrees]

Now no turning it into a pub crawl

 

Why? Small village, two pubs!

[Linux_Nut]

smeg, compleatly forgot about it, suppose i'll have to vote tonight.

 

I quite enjoy talking to the 'reps' and giving them compleatly useless information (Yes i did vote for as I feel ), but then tbh i never follow the political broadcasts and have no idea what each party represents. there all pretty much the same to me.

[elsiegee40]

It's still not too late. Polling stations close at 10pm

[mjs_mjs]

i voted by post weeks ago.

[jdoyle]

voted by post. Off to do some counting tonight.

[gshaw]

Did it this morning as I pass the polling station on the way into work

[Dos_Box]

Went at 7 to do it. It looks (for our ward anyway) like a BIG turnout this time with a constant stream of people in and out of the polling station. Looks like the AV vote is getting people off their bottoms and into the polls.

[john]

Went after tea time here, just the AV to vote for here no councils or other things to vote on so quite simple Yes No box choice, a few people there at our station, but we are a tiny village in rural Yorkshire so not expecting fights at the ballot boxes at ours, we only have 2 booths and 1 box its that small!