Polling Stations and postal votes

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Thu, 2005-04-28 11:18

I posted mine this morning. Would you bother voting if your nearest polling station was a good 30 mins away and it meant either getting up early or getting home late?

I have to confess that in the one elction of the interim between being a student (and having loads of time to vote) and postal voting I didn't bother for this reason.

A bit shameful when you remember the TV footage of the first election in South Africa when non-whites could vote and the images of people walking miles from their villages and queuing for hours at polling stations!

Now I have cast my vote I can settle back and enjoy Fish's Blog.

Thu, 2005-04-28 11:23

kjheritage

I would always vote, reagrdless. It is a very important function, to register your vote or your abstention - to sit around and moan and do nothing really gets my goat.

Thu, 2005-04-28 14:27

Hox

Is it a postal goat?

Thu, 2005-04-28 11:22

mississippi

I've nearly always voted. I think it's an obligation. How else can one criticise when one hasn't taken part in the decision making? Some countries make it a legal requirement, I know Australia does from when i lived there. OMG! jasper has a vote! Or does he? Maybe ex-convicts don't get a vote.

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