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09-06-2016, 05:51 AM | #26 | |||
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Quand il pleut, il pleut
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..I'm glad that the deadline was extended with this..I know it might not be the wisest to leave it until the last moment but some people do that and the servers etc should have had enough euro-bytes to accommodate that, so I think it was an equal fault and it's good that the hours given to vote were made up, so that as many votes as possible are exercised...
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09-06-2016, 08:44 AM | #27 | ||
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Remembering Kerry
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I like to consider myself pretty well organised as to things I do or have to do but many times I have left things to the last minute, and a couple of occasions at least, the very last minute too. I still make the point that the surge seemed to come after the Cameron/Farage debate programme too on TV. It may well have been that something was said that helped 'persuade' some to at least register for a vote after watching that. |
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09-06-2016, 10:25 AM | #28 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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Did they need to extend by 48 hours when just two hours were lost
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09-06-2016, 12:51 PM | #29 | ||
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oh fack off
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People actually care about this? Why?
It's not going to affect your right to vote, it just means others are rightfully going to be allowed the opportunity to. If extending the deadline means more people are entitled to exercise their democratic right after this appalling new system has ****ed so many people over, then I don't see the problem. |
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09-06-2016, 12:53 PM | #30 | |||
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Hakuna Matata
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Let the latecomers have their vote Cherie!
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09-06-2016, 01:09 PM | #31 | |||
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שטח זה להשכרה
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09-06-2016, 01:14 PM | #32 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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Will they get out of bed to vote though I mean if they can't get to the PCs in their bedrooms Quote:
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09-06-2016, 01:33 PM | #33 | ||
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How would a person who isn't here legally be able to vote? How on earth would it make a difference to them to remain if they are not here legally? What utter rubbish you post. Last edited by billy123; 09-06-2016 at 01:36 PM. |
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09-06-2016, 01:36 PM | #34 | ||
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Also the Daily Politics has said that the electoral commission has done very little to stop EU nationals registering to vote.I was reluctant in the other thread to say that this referendum will be fixed but it's heading more and more in that direction now. Last edited by Northern Monkey; 09-06-2016 at 01:37 PM. |
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09-06-2016, 01:38 PM | #35 | ||
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09-06-2016, 01:40 PM | #36 | ||
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09-06-2016, 02:32 PM | #37 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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I'm voting remain but I can see how unfair and undemocratic this extension is, yesterday morning someone said it would be impossible to extend as it would have to be ratified by parliament, guess what it's been rushed through, if we stay in or go out it should be at the will of the majority not manipulated so the "right" result is ensured, I wasn't in favour of the government spending 9 million on a propaganda leaflet either
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09-06-2016, 02:42 PM | #38 | ||
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oh fack off
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It doesn't matter when people choose to register. It's not an incremental deadline where if you register twelve months in advance your vote is worth ten times more than someone who registers twelve days before. A deadline is a deadline. If I submit an essay half an hour before it is due, it is marked and treated in exactly the same manner as someone who did it a day before me. If people were trying to register after the deadline then you would have a point, but so long as it were before the deadline it doesn't make a blind bit of difference to how 'worthy' their vote is, what nonsense. Quote:
The simple fact is by extending the deadline more people are going to be entitled to exercise their democratic right to vote, that isn't a bad thing no matter how people wish to look at it and really it speaks volumes if you think it is |
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09-06-2016, 03:34 PM | #39 | |||
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Starf⭐cker
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If you care so little about your vote that you don't bother to register until the deadline - then tough.
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09-06-2016, 04:11 PM | #40 | ||
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I believe in the fullest democracy in the UK and quite frankly I am astounded that there is not in place automatic voter registration for those who turn 18 years old. In your first part of your post, you make a brilliant point as to some falling off the register due to the changes and I indeed know of some in the last week who believed they were on the register, then got no polling information. So had to re-register, ridiculous. It astounds me that anyone involved in politics or even just interested in politics, would actually not want to encourage, and make sure all people of eligible status and age, can use their full right of a democratic vote in the UK. Maybe extending the deadline to 2 days later was excessive but the govt had to make its mind up whether to do so,most of one day was in fact lost making that decision, so fair enough. However the right to vote should be an automatic thing put in place at 18 in my view. Ensuring all citizens of the UK who are eligible to vote, are securely on the register is all that matters to me,no matter how they may vote or who for. Naturally too if people move,it is necessary for them to update their information. Last edited by joeysteele; 09-06-2016 at 04:11 PM. |
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09-06-2016, 04:27 PM | #41 | |||
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09-06-2016, 04:35 PM | #42 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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No time was lost Joey as on the 9am news yesterday people were encouraged to continue registering by the PM so a full 48 hours was given
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09-06-2016, 04:41 PM | #43 | ||
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Excuse me, you do not know me.
I have always believed in democracy, not that we really have that in the UK where a govt can govern with absolute power with only around 3.5 of every 10 votes cast by the people who actually voted. Thereby totally almost ignoring the votes of the 6+ out of 10 other voters. What right have you to say I don't care for democracy? If it is just a rather childish petty dig because I want to remain in the EU,then even there I want and hope for more democracy in that too. I just believe we can help make that more possibly a fact if we stay in,we certainly cannot do anything to help bring that about if we are out. |
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09-06-2016, 05:40 PM | #44 | |||
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self-oscillating
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extending the deadline for registration isn't tipping the balance of voting in any direction. The number of potential voters remains the same. In the time we have remaining till the vote, 10's of thousands will be changing their minds right up till they put their X in the box. I'm not unhappy at them extending the deadline, but it is time for responsible potential voters to take responsibility for their own actions/behaviour.
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09-06-2016, 09:14 PM | #45 | ||
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Which I would presume was why,rightly or wrongly, they included today in the new deadline too. |
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