Photo ID required if you want to vote in person

[Serial_Apologist]

Lucky you. I wonder if the good folk of East Dulwich ever got their postal vote forms?

(Thought I'd bump this since the time is drawing near)

From today's lunchtime news, this problem still has not been sorted.

[eighthobstruction]

Just passed a lorry DHL logo and Deutsche Post on the door with the UK Royal Warrant coat of arms....which lead me to "UK Mail, a trading name of DHL Parcel UK Limited, is a postal service company operating in the United Kingdom, which has competed with Royal Mail in collection and distribution of mail, since the deregulation of the postal service in January 2006"....and "Deutsche Post, the German mail delivery company, has moved further into the UK business market by agreeing terms to use Royal Mail’s delivery network."....well the way things are going over here perhaps we ought to give the Hanovarians or the Prince of Orange another chance....what's the wurst that can happen....

[oliver sudden]

My polling card arrived yesterday, and informed me that I could apply for a postal vote if the application arrived by EOP yesterday.

Good thing the post arrived in the morning.......

I’m registered as an overseas voter and was told to sort out a proxy since the ballot paper might not make it to Germany and back in time. I don’t have anyone who could have done that in my constituency so got a friend in London to do it, but in the end we missed the deadline to apply for a postal vote for him by a couple of hours.

But as it happens, in any case I am currently in the UK (nowhere near my constituency) to do some recording. I had planned to be travelling directly home from here on Thursday. Instead I shall get myself as close to my polling station as possible tomorrow evening, then go the rest of the way in the morning, vote as early as I can, then head down to London for my flight in the afternoon. If I have time I shall have a cup of tea with the current residents of the house I was born in.

Wish me luck!

(PS: no I couldn’t realistically have asked the people I’ll be having tea with, I haven’t actually met them in person yet…)

[oddoneout]

Just passed a lorry DHL logo and Deutsche Post on the door with the UK Royal Warrant coat of arms....which lead me to "UK Mail, a trading name of DHL Parcel UK Limited, is a postal service company operating in the United Kingdom, which has competed with Royal Mail in collection and distribution of mail, since the deregulation of the postal service in January 2006"....and "Deutsche Post, the German mail delivery company, has moved further into the UK business market by agreeing terms to use Royal Mail’s delivery network."....well the way things are going over here perhaps we ought to give the Hanovarians or the Prince of Orange another chance....what's the wurst that can happen....

Reform UK - but not perhaps what Niggle had in mind?
Are we still selling the Post Office to the Czechs?
Apologies, it's Royal Mail going to a Czech business - still forget on occasion that Royal Mail and Post Office are no longer the same thing...

[oddoneout]

I’m registered as an overseas voter and was told to sort out a proxy since the ballot paper might not make it to Germany and back in time. I don’t have anyone who could have done that in my constituency so got a friend in London to do it, but in the end we missed the deadline to apply for a postal vote for him by a couple of hours.

But as it happens, in any case I am currently in the UK (nowhere near my constituency) to do some recording. I had planned to be travelling directly home from here on Thursday. Instead I shall get myself as close to my polling station as possible tomorrow evening, then go the rest of the way in the morning, vote as early as I can, then head down to London for my flight in the afternoon. If I have time I shall have a cup of tea with the current residents of the house I was born in.

Wish me luck!

(PS: no I couldn’t realistically have asked the people I’ll be having tea with, I haven’t actually met them in person yet…)

You are one among many...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/01/thousands-unable-vote-delays-postal-ballots-uk-general-election

[oliver sudden]

“The Electoral Commission has said it will investigate the problem fully after the election.”



I was at least told by the good people at electoral services in my constituency at the beginning of June that getting a postal ballot to Germany and back was unlikely to work out. Seems some electoral officials might not have been so helpful?

[oliver sudden]

Are we still selling the Post Office to the Czechs?

The Czechs are in the post? I’ve heard that one before.

[eighthobstruction]

....I hope Engeland swings....so children will once more have rosy red cheeks....(but i don't necessarily think Engels has the answer these days)....[[Actually I do think Engels is still relevant....it's jobs that have become second rate]]....but have you seen the price of a second rate stamp....

[burning dog]

IDS is the parent company of Royal Mail. Naming a company after Ian Duncan Smith is not a great idea IMO

[french frank]

IDS is the parent company of Royal Mail. Naming a company after Ian Duncan Smith is not a great idea IMO

Are you sure it isn't that IDS? I've just this minute had three election communications delivered (free of charge) by Royal Mail. Two (not personally addressed) were for the candidates in the adjacent constituency; i.e. ignoring the change in the constituency boundary. Incompetence.

The third one had my name and address on it and was for a candidate who I could have voted for. (They failed to mention under past political activity that they were campaigning for a different party at that time but jumped ship recently to stand for a different one.)

[burning dog]

Are you sure it isn't that IDS? I've just this minute had three election communications delivered (free of charge) by Royal Mail. Two (not personally addressed) were for the candidates in the adjacent constituency; i.e. ignoring the change in the constituency boundary. Incompetence.

The third one had my name and address on it and was for a candidate who I could have voted for. (They failed to mention under past political activity that they were campaigning for a different party at that time but jumped ship recently to stand for a different one.)

Siunds like the local authority is to blame (or political organisations?) for those errors - for a change! Late delivery is another matter.

[Dave2002]

Siunds like the local authority is to blame (or political organisations?) for those errors - for a change! Late delivery is another matter.

I sent my postal vote back in plenty of time - and it only had to go a few miles. I could have taken it directly to the council offices.

In either case, how would I ever know if it was (a) received at the intended destination, and (b) ever actually counted?

In the end it's just a matter of trust that if we send things back in time they will be counted and added into the counts.

How would I ever find out if anything else had happened?

[Pulcinella]

I sent my postal vote back in plenty of time - and it only had to go a few miles. I could have taken it directly to the council offices.

In either case, how would I ever know if it was (a) received at the intended destination, and (b) ever actually counted?

In the end it's just a matter of trust that if we send things back in time they will be counted and added into the counts.

How would I ever find out if anything else had happened?

I suppose that there could be a website where you could check somehow IF you were set up with some sort of voter ID number and all they did was register that the vote had been received.
Would they actually stop you if you turned up to vote in person tomorrow?

One day, we might all get to vote from home electronically, maybe through two-stage authentication, as we do to register for the electoral roll, iirc, though of course there will be those that would say that such votes could be tampered with or the identity of the voter leaked.

After a postal vote fiasco here for the recent mayoral election, which eventually got changed to a proxy vote, my partner (currently recovering from an operation) this time also applied for a proxy, so I shall be marking an X twice tomorrow.

[burning dog]

I sent my postal vote back in plenty of time - and it only had to go a few miles. I could have taken it directly to the council offices.

In either case, how would I ever know if it was (a) received at the intended destination, and (b) ever actually counted?

In the end it's just a matter of trust that if we send things back in time they will be counted and added into the counts.

How would I ever find out if anything else had happened?

French Frank was talking about POST RECIEVED, not that anything took a long time to get back, or what happens, or doesnt, when it does. A delay in post in either direction could be the responsibility of Royal Mail but nothing else.

EDIT: If the return ballot envelope was "TRACKED" mail and had a 3D barcode, it could be traced on route and at delivery point. More expensive of course but elections are important.

[oliver sudden]

if we send things back in time

If I’d known you could do that… oh I see, never mind