I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I forgot to send our Voter Registration Form in until today (14th April 2010)! Eldest son is at University so if he wants to vote he’ll have to register himself, so had I not got it in it would be myself and the wife that can’t vote on May 6th.
I’ve never had to send the form back until now as previously I’d give the details at the door when they’d come calling for the information.
This time no one knocked on the door, come on, I was used to the interaction every 5 years confirming in person I still wanted to vote!
Last night was watching TV and saw an advert that said you have to register to vote by 20th April and I remembered the voter registration form. Doh!
Dug out the Voter Registration Form (got 2 of them) and looked at the options available.
Excellent can register online, go to the site www.registerbyinternet.com/eastlindsey and bugger:
This service is now closed. If you wish to register please return your voter registration form to East Lindsey District Council
You can email us to tell us what you think of this service
That’s OK there’s an 0800 number to register, 0800 197 7680 and it’s open 24 hours as well. Bugger, the lines dead!!!
No reason to panic, I know how to use Google. Found www.aboutmyvote.co.uk, I’m saved I can register online still. Started filling out the registration info only to notice in the top corner of the multiple sections to the registration process “Print & Sign” and “Post Form”.
Well I already have two forms, I don’t need a third one, I just want to register to vote without it being hard: like voting for Jedward on X-Factor, it’s easy AND funny.
In the end I had to fill out one of the Voter Registration Forms and go to all the trouble of sending one of my kids to the post office to post it, it’s not right!
Seriously, if you are a bit of a numpty like I was and you want to vote on May 6th you’ve got less than a week to get your Voter Registration Form in. No idea what you’d do if you’ve lost it or something!
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I completely understand, I am now in a made panic about making sure my partner and I are registered. However we are getting married on May 1st, so do I register us under our married names or not? I mean why is it so complicated to vote anyway. They complain they don’t get the number of voters they ask for but if it wasn’t so hard it could be done in seconds. My partner and I work oposite shifts so that there is someone to look after the children all the time as child care is rediculous, so even going up to the local school to vote is hard because Chris is home in the day while i’m at work and i’m home at night while he’s at work… I’ve registered us for postal votes now as that seems to be easier but the site aboutmyvote.co.uk got me the same way it did you…. why can’t we just vote online?? wouldn’t that make everything tick easier??
It’s enough to make us not want to vote!!!
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Voter Registration Form : No Wonder Voter Turnout is Low
Well, we got our form in (admittedly it was on the 20th, for which I am also embarrassed) and the council are saying we submitted it too late. We know it got there on time as we handed it to them ourselves.
I asked the lady on the phone if we were the only people ringing up to complain about this and she didn’t reply and said she’ll escalate it to her boss, although “he’s very busy”.
They were able to sent my wife and I a letter to say we were too late 11 days before the election. How does that work? To say I’m a little outraged is an understatement. They just don’t care!
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