I've submitted my form to the Labour party office and they're going to send it along with all the other candidates to the council election office.
Quite a relief to get that out of my hands! The deadline for it arriving at the election office is 3rd April so I've done it in plenty of time. Can't foresee any problems at this stage so now it's just a case of continuing the push with canvasing and campaigning.
So far we've canvased a few areas of Oswaldtwistle. I've had a really good response from people but I'm a bit concerned about apathy. I think the thing that could lose it for me is that people just aren't prepared to come out and vote. I find this a really strange attitude because voting is something that I've always done - if you don't vote I don't think you can complain about the way things are handled. But there is a lot of apathy out there and there have been times when I've knocked on the door and chatted to people and known full well that even though they agree with me and possibly even support me there is no way they'll actually go out there on the day and put a cross in a box.
Apparently only around 35% of people vote in local elections. I find this quite bizarre when really it has just as much, if not more, impact on your actual lives than the national elections.
Quite a relief to get that out of my hands! The deadline for it arriving at the election office is 3rd April so I've done it in plenty of time. Can't foresee any problems at this stage so now it's just a case of continuing the push with canvasing and campaigning.
So far we've canvased a few areas of Oswaldtwistle. I've had a really good response from people but I'm a bit concerned about apathy. I think the thing that could lose it for me is that people just aren't prepared to come out and vote. I find this a really strange attitude because voting is something that I've always done - if you don't vote I don't think you can complain about the way things are handled. But there is a lot of apathy out there and there have been times when I've knocked on the door and chatted to people and known full well that even though they agree with me and possibly even support me there is no way they'll actually go out there on the day and put a cross in a box.
Apparently only around 35% of people vote in local elections. I find this quite bizarre when really it has just as much, if not more, impact on your actual lives than the national elections.
