[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Now I know people watch you at the polling station because it's a fact from Joey, I'll never be able to go there again without hearing the pink panther theme tune in my head.

Also a bit worried about all these carers and where they may be stuffing disabled people's votes instead of posting them.

Seriously though people at polling stations don't know you from Adam, polling cards don't have a photo ID How can they verify its you and why would they 'watch' you? It's no safer than a postal vote in reality and postal voting would get more people to vote.

You are twisting my words and you are far more reasonable than that.

Fair enough ridicule if you must, all I am saying is,you have to go to the attendants at the desk to get your ballot paper, you have to have a name and address to do so and/or a polling card.

They do not watch you do your vote, you go into a polling booth and mark your ballot paper, then fold it and put it in a sealed ballot box.

What they would see however is if you talked to anyone as to your vote or if anyone tried to influence you,only one person is allowed in the actual booth.

No one is watching you, just making sure the rules of voting in elections are upheld.

That is not however the case in the home and at the time of someone doing a postal vote.

Anyway you join the ridiculing all you like jaxie.

I think I have made my point, officials are there as a fact in the polling stations, they are not in the home with postal votes,they are also not there to see postal votes going into a letter box, as they are there to see the folded votes going into the sealed ballot box at the polling station.
Simple points and maybe in fact all needs tightening up no matter how people vote anyway.
With photo id at the very least.

And well done with your balloon in the post to a ship, I am glad you were successful as all should be with all posted items.
I merely shared with Kizzy that I had seen mail lost on 4 occasions as to mine sent and sent to me,this year already.

No need at all for any cheapening or ridiculing.
Voting in elections etc; to me is a serious issue and I am sure it is to the vast majority of all concerned.
I would like to believe that all votes are secure, however I do have concerns as to postal votes, that is all I am saying.