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Post by glazedallover on Apr 7, 2023 20:30:32 GMT 1
Why would you want to vote in UK Local Elections if you live in France ?
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Post by houpla on Apr 7, 2023 20:31:26 GMT 1
Hmmm...voting by post from abroad is fraught with big question marks. Such as 'do I need to add a stamp anyway, because GovUK didn't frank with the correct postage?' or...Will a postal vote obviously originating in another country be processed in due time (or even at all)?'. I wouldn't trust that shower to organise the proverbial in a brewery. Add in the decreased efficiency of La Poste and perhaps a pigeon would be a better bet?
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Post by houpla on Apr 7, 2023 20:33:09 GMT 1
Why would you want to vote in UK Local Elections if you live in France ? Because we can (probably, now)? To try to oust a slimy, Brexit-supporting MP?
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Post by glazedallover on Apr 7, 2023 20:45:27 GMT 1
Why would you want to vote in UK Local Elections if you live in France ? Because we can (probably, now)? To try to oust a slimy, Brexit-supporting MP? You can oust a slimy, Brexit-supporting MP in a GE but not in a local one ? I still vote in GE's for the reason you mention, but in local elections you are voting for councillors rather than your MP. Or at least I thought it was the last time I voted in one.
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Post by exile on Apr 7, 2023 21:11:10 GMT 1
If you have a right to vote, I would suggest that it is a duty to vote to expel those who do the community harm - directly or by association.
Sadly I have no right to vote anywhere above the level of president of the fetes de comunitee.
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Post by glazedallover on Apr 7, 2023 21:18:56 GMT 1
I pay no attention whatsoever to what is happening in the Ashford (Kent) ward that I am eligible to vote in. I don't live there. So I let the people that do make the decision. And if they can't be arsed to get off their backsides and vote then more fool them.
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Post by exile on Apr 7, 2023 21:33:29 GMT 1
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me
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Post by glazedallover on Apr 7, 2023 21:55:28 GMT 1
Well , that wasn't written by anyone living in Ashford (Kent) I can assure you.......
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Post by woolybanana on Apr 7, 2023 22:32:05 GMT 1
Photo ID is essential for elections, should have happened years ago in the form of ID cards. I dont understand what is wrong with it. I am surprised all parties dont back it 100%
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Post by exile on Apr 8, 2023 0:06:58 GMT 1
Well , that wasn't written by anyone living in Ashford (Kent) I can assure you....... But it still applies. When good folk do nothing against the bad, they allow the bad to propagate
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Post by woolybanana on Apr 8, 2023 0:51:55 GMT 1
What a load of twaddle; why is there such a childish reaction to identified voting, honest voting?
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Post by tim17 on Apr 8, 2023 7:17:55 GMT 1
If people are really interested in having a say in who governs them then surely they'd get French nationality so they can vote here?
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Post by houpla on Apr 8, 2023 7:26:41 GMT 1
You'd be amazed how many people would have done but feel that they wouldn't pass muster on the language test, or simply can't be arsed to jump through the hoops required.
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Post by tim17 on Apr 8, 2023 8:01:25 GMT 1
You'd be amazed how many people would have done but feel that they wouldn't pass muster on the language test, or simply can't be arsed to jump through the hoops required. No doubt these are the same people that bang on about the loss of voting in the UK because they've been here more than 15 years!
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Post by beejay on Apr 8, 2023 12:50:16 GMT 1
Hmmm...voting by post from abroad is fraught with big question marks. Such as 'do I need to add a stamp anyway, because GovUK didn't frank with the correct postage?' or...Will a postal vote obviously originating in another country be processed in due time (or even at all)?'. I wouldn't trust that shower to organise the proverbial in a brewery. Add in the decreased efficiency of La Poste and perhaps a pigeon would be a better bet?
Or, Le Coq Sportiv?
Voting returns, whether postal or ballot box, are handled by Local Authorities who organise it extrememely well. Having done house to house visits to confirm electoral roll entries, delivered/collected ballot boxes and sorted ballot papers on election nights p*ss ups in breweries bear no resemblance to the organisation involved. I can't speak for La Poste but Royal Mail still remains a reliable method of communication for letters.
Isn't there proxy voting for those resident abroad?
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