I've pinned this post to the instance.
One of the best things we can do is encourage everyone to get to get registered, and get ready to vote.
Congrats Frank, please don't change the title to something horrid while I'm busy :)
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Too late, I've already changed it to say VOTE BINFACE.
(I am, of course, kidding.)
Bindependance is coming
I recognise a bindoctor when I see one.
We only need 27k readers registered in richmond.
To write in binface.
And you have to admit. Sunak losing his seat ti Binface would be poetic. No matter what happens to the election as a whole.
Will we get a megathread on election night?
Great idea!
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Check stopthetories.vote to see who you need to vote for to get the bastards who destroyed this country out. It will update in a day or two.
Yeah, I got slammed by my friends for not voting tactically when Jeremy Corbyn was on the ticket but Labour didn't stand a chance in my constituency. This time I have I have no hope in my heart, only vengeance.
Thank you for this, I like the idea a lot :) here's hoping we have some good news at last!
It weirds me out to think some younger people will think the past decade was just "normal" as it'll be most of what thaey have experienced.
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And also remember to look up the list of accepted photo ids and get yourself set up with at least one that you can take with you to the polling station. https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-youll-need
This. Even Bojo forgot.
Publicity stunt
And don't forget you'll need photo ID now.
Don't be like Boris.
Good life advice right there.
He 100% did that as a publicity stunt.
An acceptable form of ID https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id
/u/GreatAlbatross any chance of adding that to the post or pinning /u/HowManyNimons comment?
Please vote to protect trans people.
Labour have said some pretty transphobic stuff too, but they are more likely to change their tune and be supportive than the tories are.
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I'm sure everyone here already knows, but basically everything has gotten worse over the past 14 years of Tories
Vote how you like, but just remember the track record if you even remotely are entertaining a vote that would potentially benefit the Tories.
Yes but you see the war in Ukrainian happened, and Covid happened and that's responsible for all of the bad things, including the bad things that predated them. Basically the takeaway is it's everybody else's fault. Especially Labour.
That's a sneak peek of the Tory election campaign
That was pretty much his speech this afternoon, too.
Maybe by the election somebody will have told him about this amazing piece of technology, that's only just being invented and that's why he doesn't know about it, called an umbrella.
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Remember in FPTP you often need to vote against the party/candidate you don't want to win, rather than voting for the one you do want.
There are many sites that will help you determine who is best to vote for if you strongly feel that a particular party/candidate needs to loose.
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I hope people don't re-elect Galloway et al. I understand he was a protest vote, and why he was elected, but the man doesn't care about anything. He attaches himself to something he reckons will get him votes. He won't actually fix anything.
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Question because I don’t remember. I am registered to vote via post because I’m currently living abroad. I re-registered a month or two ago because I knew this was coming. Now I’m registered already, what do I have to do? Does my ballot just come in the post automatically? Or do I need to trigger it somehow?
If you're already registered for a postal vote at your current address, you should be fine!
I don’t know what being fine means though! I can just sit back and relax and check my postbox in a week? Or in 4-5 weeks? Or I need to print something off and send it myself? I couldn’t find anything actually describing the entire process on the gov website…
I don't know about internationally but internally postal votes usually go out about 2 weeks before the actual election that gives you time to realize yours hasn't come and raise mary hell about it.
I would have assumed international votes would come out a week earlier due to the nature of having to go through foreign Postal services. Although given the alternative is the RM, that might actually speed things up.
I mean, it should get sent in plenty of time, without you having to do anything! There should be more info on precise timings on gov.uk.
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Stupid question, but do you have to register in advance to be able to vote? Why is that? In Germany, every citizen eligible to vote gets the necessary documents automatically by mail.
Worth noting things like jury service are selected from the electoral register. So you are basically opting in to democratic society.
I guess the government would also need to collect citizen data unnecessarily without consent in order to be automatically opted in. The UK is actually kind of libertarian in some aspects in autonomy around identity and right to be known to the government, etc. Although it would be basically impossible to actually function in the society and not be on some form of system, you could probably exist without anything more than your birth being registered.
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You do. I don't know why, really. Sounds like the German system is better!
It used to be automatic, but the Tories changed it. Probably to stop too many students voting for somebody else.
Usually it's one of those things you do when your move house. Every now and again they will send a form to confirm the entries are correct and if nothing has changed you just tick there box and send it back (or reply online). People who move a lot or bounce between two addresses (e.g. students) are usually the ones that drop through the cracks.
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Is there any harm in re-registering? I should be registered, but didn't get a polling card for the police commissioner vote a few weeks ago.
Nope, no harm at all. It's probably worth doing just to make sure they do have your current address down right!
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I'm just going to bump this: The deadline to register is 11:59 on Tuesday the 18th.
If you are not yet registered, you have less than 35 hours to do so.
Any DSP comrades 🫣
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