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Please, whatever you do, whoever you believe, should or should not be in power, VOTE tomorrow, even if you just go in and spoil your vote.

After all it is one of the only times you can make a difference.

I've a good idea about which person/party I will be voting for, but to waste your vote by not even turning up is a shame.

Turn up, make sure, even if you don't want to put an 'X' against anyone, ruin your vote, you will have spoken, don't leave it and then complain.

:)

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Spot on Less, Ivoted last week:)

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Yep, me too, wasn't going to do at one point, (because of the expenses debacle mainly), but its too entrenched in me not to really!


Best Regards - Taggy

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At last, me and the Pet Tory agree, there is hope for the world!
:D

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I have never missed my vote Less, only this time it won't count on the total, its that principal thingy I have, but irrespective I have registered a vote:mosher:

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Well said, Less.

It's exactly what we've been saying on doorsteps because it's the only voice we have left.

Use it.

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Love & kisses, I know you mean well,

















You disguided soul.
:D

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another one agreeing with you less ..this is getting scary ..everyone agreeing with less ..:D:D:D

and ive given you karma for that less ..

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Do you not think, I get enough negative karma without you giving me more AND signing it in public?
:D

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I have to agree too:)

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i dont give negative put that often ... tis mainly mods that get the negative ...:D:D:D and yours was a bright green square ... rather than a red one ....:D

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Well after much reflection, ya convinced me, i WILL vote, same party as jaysay.:D

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How about this.
Retlaw.

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I voted by post - I think it's really important that everyone uses this platform to have their voice heard. I've even made my 16 year old son watch the debates and talk about what he thinks of it all, obviously too young this time, but after all he'll be at the polls next time around and I want to make sure he uses his vote and realises how important it is!

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i have to vote so that i have a right to complain if teh torys get in because i will bet my last penny a large amount of people wont vote yet will be the ones moaning if the torys get in at how they no longer get tax credits or how they cant get treated in hospital.

if you dont vote you have no right to compalin in my book

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So if i decide not to vote tomorrow because i think they all talk the same bull i can't complain yet if i vote and the party that wins isn't the party i voted for wins i can complain?
I don't see the sense it that tbh...:confused:
Personally i think that no matter who i do or do not vote for the country is in trouble so why should i bother?
Is my one vote really going to make that big a difference?
I think not...
Also if i voted labour and the tories get in ill be unhappy but if i don't vote and the tories get in ill still be unhappy but in your opinion can't moan ofc ill moan and whether i vote or not means nowt imho...:(

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well said.. was in the company of at least ten bods tonight and I doubt if 3 of them vote .. wasted labour voters

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Don't vote Tory!.. just words..lets have a sing along

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votes are like pennies they add up, people who dont vote dont have a right to complain as it would be the equivalent of somone complaining they didnt win a race that they didnt enter or that they havnt won the lottery yet but havnt bought a ticket.At least if they vote regardless if their choice wins or not they have tried but to sit on their arse and not vote and leave it to everyone esle to do and then complain about whos in charge when they havnt even bothered to put a cross in a box is a bit cheecky to put it mildly.

people who drag themselves to the polling station and participate after a hard days work , struggle down to the polling station with 3 kids in tow or push themselves there in a wheelchair or on crutches earn their right to moan ,many people are disillusioned by all the corruptness and lies polotitans tell but they take time to think about it and cast a vote as to who they think will do teh best job and if somone cant be arsed to do that then why shoudl anyone give a damn about what they think should they decide to have moan about the state the country is in and whos in charge?

mind you we still live in a free country and it is a persons right not to vote but they shoudlnt complain unless they have tried to do somthing about it :D

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In every election it is always one vote that pushes a result one way or another.

The opportunity is there for everyone to have their say, if you don't vote then you have no right to complain.

As I've said so many times before, use your vote.

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Well been n done the deed but they were 2 mins late in opening. :eek::eek::eek: Something to do with councillors checking the boxes. But the councillors failed to appear. Must be too early for them to get out of bed. :p

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It's remarkably lively in Rishton!

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It's less than a hundred years since woman and a large majority of working men have won the right to vote.

The struggles those people went through will have been wasted if you as a woman can't drag your backside off the settee and down to the polling station.

If you don't believe any of the people are of any use then make sure your vote is ruined, (easy enough just vote for two people), this will make sure it goes onto a different pile to the rest, that pile will be counted and if enough people do this rather than sit at home moaning that they, can't be bothered, the people that do gain the power will know there are some unsatisfied people out there.

It is your right to vote or not, but how can you complain about the system or what is going on if you aren't prepared to do just this one little thing yourself?

Right, I'm off to my polling station now to get a place in the queue, this year will be a busy one I'll be behind a load of ne'er do wells that have never voted before and will be asking the guy in charge how to spell 'X'.

:)

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went down at 7.15 and votededededed

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I've voted too.........just had mac out for his walk this morning and he pulled me in.........It's that Graham Jones been whispering in his lughole :D

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my vote will be in the undecided pile, but it will show that I hauled myself off to the polling station, but little else

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After not sleeping for days, and days, which makes my condition worse, I finally slept.

Hurrah.

Sadly, in this much needed slumber, I dreamt it was announced on television that Hyndburn had been taken by an Independent...which turned out to be Logan!!!!

I will definitely be casting my votes today.


:D

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The Elections had some benefits then Ken!!:D


Best Regards Taggy

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Someone might threaten you with your pin, into voting a certain way.

;):D

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Thats my man cashy Great minds think alike, maybe for differnt reasons though:D

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Didn't bother with the pin method at all........I drew faces next to each candidate........Kevin Logans had horns and a tail :D

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Can i first defend myself by stating i didn,t say i wasn't going to vote i was just mouthing off and i apologise for that i was a little tipsy and had a little rant :o

And for the record i have voted and therefore will be moaning like a good un for the next four years :D

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We fully encourage people to rant away on the forum :rolleyes::D:D

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it is busy in the polling stations .. im on my break ..:D:D:D and to go and vote yet myself .. :D

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While it is a good citizens duty to vote...and yes I know that some women gave their lives so that we could have this privilege, I do think that it has to be acknowledged that a large section of the electorate are feeling disconnected from politics. Whose fault is that do you think?
You have the right to withdraw your labour if you feel that your employer is giving you a raw deal........and I think you should be able to decide to withold your vote.......especially when the current range of candidates for leadership are so poor and appear(to me, at any rate )to be lacking in backbone.
I seriously considered not using my vote today.
So what stopped me from exercising this right? My daughter did......so if you saw me being frog marched to the polling station on Barnes St......why didn't you come to my aid?
It is a good job daughter couldn't come into my polling booth......or I would have been made to rub out all those funny faces.

Who-ever gets in today is in for a very rocky ride....and that means that we'll also be in for a turbulent time too.

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margaret if she'd gone into the polling booth with you the vote wouldnt have counted .. as its a secret ballot and no one is allowed to be in the polling booth with you

You're welcome to enter the polling station with a friend, says Connelly. But voting is a private matter so you must be alone when you go into the polling booth and mark a cross on the ballot paper. If you have any questions about the procedure, polling station staff will be happy to help.

If on the other hand, you have a disability, or are unable to read the ballot, and cannot vote on your own, the presiding officer can help. A family member or friend could be permitted to accompany and assist.


BBC News - What can you NOT do in a polling station?

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I know jen....and pretty glad I was that she was not allowed to come in with me...though it would have been quicker...crosses are easier to do than faces...especially one with horns on:D

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by the way i got asked today where a polling station was ..this was while i was in haslingden today .. nothing new i hear you say .. thing was it was a candidate for the general election who asked me .... now if you dont know where your polling stations are in the area you are standing ... why are you standing in that area?

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Beats me Jen...but it sounds about right.
If brains were dynamite, wouldn't have enough to blow his hat off!

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Now don't be a spoilsport! Which candidate, people NEED Bullets.:D

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Well, I timed my drugs, and have been to vote.

I've voted for the people who I think will best serve the constituency, and the ward, that I live in.

I'm ignoring party politics, as I'm disilusioned with the lot of them. Especially after Brown showing his true feelings about those that have put him in the position he's in. He's so out of touch with reality it's sickening.

I voted for the two people who are the most passionate about the area, and who understand, and have an in depth knowledge of the pros and cons we have.

I voted for Graham Jones, and Peter Britcliffe.

So all the doubting Thomases, who didn't believe I really am non-partisan, stick that it your pipe...and smoke it.

:D

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Right, off to the boozer now for my "float the vote" session. If I can remember where it is, I intend to wend my way to the polling station around 9.50 tonight. What happens then is anybody's guess... ;) :D

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Although it was 'rush hour', I suppose, the polling station was quite busy when I went.

It was heartening to see five young lads, excitedly casting their first votes.

Be interesting to see the turn-out, after all the apathy and anger we earlier had re: the expenses scandal.

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if anyone is planning on stopping up to see who wins .. the latest ive heard is that the result wont be declared in hyndburn till about 4.30/5.00am ... though that was from the conservative candidate ..

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yours could be the casting vote Steve - who knows -before that -
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I think we have a 'Clint Eastwood' 'hang em High' hung parliament - not long to wait :)
don't let them mug down poll station
Martin

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yeh well her "abucus" aint been delivered.:D

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There are apparently lots of seats where people who were queueing, and who were denied their right to vote, and there may be subsequent legal challenges in some constituencies.

In London, voting after work, you did always have to wait in a queue, but this was about seven o'clock. You'd have to be a bit daft to turn up at 9.55, and not realise you might have trouble. You'd think the polling stations being opened for 15 hours would be long enough for us all to vote.

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agree entirely rindy, personally don't think they should be allowed to challenge, is no excuse to my mind.:(

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Justheard that in some places that there werent event any voting cards left. I think its disgraceful

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That's really bad.

If it's down to bad management, rather than people just leaving it until the last minute, that needs investigating.

There have been sit-ins in some areas, apparently, by people not able to vote.

It all sounds like something you'd read about in the third world.

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It does seem quite amazing, Running out of voting cards, doors being shut with people inside allowed to vote, (A lock in), doors not being shut and people voting ten minutes after time, even people entitled turned away because the area's polling register hadn't been up dated, an interesting few days are on the way, maybe we'll be going to vote again sooner than we thought?

Oh, no more political threads on accyweb!

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Unbelievable:eek: Stuff like this is only supposed to happen in banana replublics, Zimbabwe, and countries under American occupation. And this in the country which "invented" modern democracy:eek:

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Im just waiting for the update on TV,

As you know I dont really get deeply involved in politics but could they rerun the election??

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I don't think it's ever happened.

If they do, I'm going into a self-induced coma.

Wake me up when it's over.

:D

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wonder how many of these places which were turning folks away were being staffed by council employees employed under positive discrimination rules/laws :eek: :eek:

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Hahaha!!! nice one Garinda
Seriously though the more thats coming out the more i cant believe it, Its gone from not being allowed to vote after 10 (aceptable ) to no voting cards and now staffing probs,

Sounds more like a conspiracy every min

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Sounds more like Daily Mail:rolleyes:

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hee hee would you believe my son Ben was one of those excitedly casting his first vote (not one of the five young lads of course) and came home and proudly told me who he voted for... and like yourself he went for two different choices when it came to council vote and MP vote, he had looked at the issues they all stood for.
:D very proud mum :D

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just heard that a 16 year old recieved a polling card, and went and voted (twas on GMTV).....what a sham, i hope they won't count his vote, he aint old enough

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There is no excuse if you could not be bothered to turn up and vote until closing time. This is typical of a lot of people these days, believing that rules do not apply to them.

Just watching the BBC form a hotel at Paris Orly, (almost home), they are just discussing Gordon and will he hang on. I would not be surprised if he tries even though the majority of people in the country have decided they don't want him.

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well congratulations to graham jones,a well deserved victory. on the national scale its what i expected.:( whats really amusing to me is the "Lib Dems" seem to now have less seats, despite "Pretty Boy", to me they shot themselves in the foot with a couple of policies, which showed me at least, they have no concept of the views of ordinary people.:rolleyes: hopefully with this result all 3 leaders will fade away. fingers crossed.

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whats even more amusing is the fact that though the Lib Dems have had n abysmal night, They have gained Burnley..............what have i always told ya about Dingles?:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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They deserve each other.

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Let's not forget the Dingles voted for Kitty Usher, so don't have a great track record.

:rolleyes::D

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Sorry Garinda I don't smoke a pipe:D

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Yay but they soon ushered her out again;)

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I rolled up a few minutes before ten to vote and there was hardly anybody there, never mind any queues. Maybe they're all just apathetic where I live. ;)

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For the very same reason Graham was elected here. Maybe lessons could be learned by all parties. Locals who have the town at heart will always stand a better chance of being elected no matter how bad the national party are viewed.

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ummm what exactly did you 'roll' up Steve??

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Nowt like that, Martin! Stick religiously to alcohol when I want to mellow out these days! ;)

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just a joke mate - couldn't resist the 'play on words':)
anycase - at this stage - 1. will Cameron con Clegg. 2. go it alone on a minority vote.
3. throw in the towel. 4. Brown con Clegg and make up the deficit with the 'others' - or
hand the keys over??

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what do you think Cashie??

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Why just him?

What does he know?
:p

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my guess is clegg will climb into bed with cameron,..........then live to regret it.:D

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I think that cos he's got over 20,000 Posts he's deemed an "Accy Oracle", a bit like them skimpily dressed Binters in Ancient Greece who'd partake of the vapours or something or other, then spout forth wit & wisdom to the 'Orrible 'Erberts who came in search of Knowledge & good omens ! :D

See the above:D

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Well ive been called some things, but thats one of the few things printable.:D:D

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Accy Oracle, think thats pushing it even for you cashy:D:p

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He's sober.;):D

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It should be LAW that you vote.... But then, manifesto's should be legally binding too.

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ooer! I didn't realise my communications were with an oraclist - infamey - you've all got it in for me :)
will the oracle prove right though??
my wild guess is that Cam will try for a rule of minority governance and scramble for another election at a date to be determined - what's the odds??