Have you voted? (UK general election)

[Eddi]

I voted fifteen minutes ago

For Labour!

 

[ratiocinator]

Yep. Voted a couple of hours ago.

Voted to get rid of the lying, corrupt, cruel, incompetent Tories (which happened to be for Labour in my constituency).

 

[LuisDantas]

Here is hoping that the Lib Dems become your official opposition. That would be a very welcome breath of fresh air.

 

[ChristineM]

I hope so.
They changed the system after brexit so without warning our postal vote status was void
After a few days back and forth with emails it turns out we could re-apply. Did so applying for a postal vote. No response. More emails, we were not registered to vote, when we are registered they could process our postal vote application. So we re-registed
We eventually got our postal vote packs on Friday lunchtime when the post office closes until Monday.
It usually takes between 5 and 15 days for post to reach destination in the uk. That would miss miss the deadline.
As luck would have it we were travelling to the UK on Monday so we took our postal votes with us and posted them in England on Monday for collection on Tuesday.
Hopefully they get there in time to be counted.

 

[Eddi]

Yep. Voted a couple of hours ago.

Voted to get rid of the lying, corrupt, cruel, incompetent Tories (which happened to be for Labour in my constituency).

I actually prefer the Greens to Labour

But I wanted the Tories out so voted Labour to make that more likely

 

[ChristineM]

I actually prefer the Greens to Labour

But I wanted the Tories out so voted Labour to make that more likely

Me too but tactical voting was called for

 

[Altfish]

Voted tactically, my first choice would have been Green, but I voted Labour because they have the best chance of winning in my constituency.
I have been on this planet for almost 70-years, I have been voting in GEs since 1974 when Harold Wilson was PM. But my constituency for all those years has returned a Tory. That is predicted to change this time and Labour could well take it, I can't tell you how seismic that will be.

 

[Mock Turtle]

On the way back from the dentists I voted (for Labour even if I might prefer others) in a predominantly Tory seat and no queues at all.

 

[LuisDantas]

Did any of you have any trouble with the id documents?

 

[Eddi]

Did any of you have any trouble with the id documents?

I know the guy who was staffing the polling station where I voted but he still checked my ID

 

[ratiocinator]

Did any of you have any trouble with the id documents?

Not me, no, but, considering how little attention most people give to politics most of the time, I'm wondering how many people will have been disenfranchised by this needless Tory voter suppression tactic.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Did any of you have any trouble with the id documents?

Not here either (bus pass), but they asked me to take my reactolite sunglasses off.

 

[Yerda]

I didn't vote. First time since I reached voting age that I haven't voted in a GE.

 

[Mock Turtle]

My vote apparently didn't help though, given the Tories managed to stay in power by a few hundred votes.

 

[LuisDantas]

I feel bad for the SNP and even the Lib Dems. Nice.to see Sinn Fein ahead of so-called "Reform UK".

 

[Eddi]

I feel bad for the SNP and even the Lib Dems. Nice.to see Sinn Fein ahead of so-called "Reform UK".

I think the Lib Dems did well

 

[LuisDantas]

Yeah, they did multiply their seats about four or fivewise. But I was rooting for them to overcome the Tories.

 

[Eddi]

Yeah, they did multiply their seats about four or fivewise. But I was rooting for them to overcome the Tories.

Maybe next time!