Tag: voting
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My contribution to the long-standing British tradition of photographing dogs at polling stations. Don't forget to vote, folks!
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A French Bulldog stands alongside a polling station sign that's been attached to a bike rack.
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I'm still a little miffed that my local council took it on themselves to "correct" my name on the electoral roll to something it isn't, thereby potentially disenfranchising me (I can't produce photo ID in the fake name they came up with!).
But I'm pleased to report that, after prompting, they were able to correct their mistake before I got to the polling station this morning. 🗳️👍
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Council Disenfranchisement
West Oxfordshire District Council seem to want to disenfranchise me by requiring that I bring photo ID to a polling station with a different name on it than the photo ID that they themselves issued.
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Gerrymandering
How the manipulation of boundaries can adjust voting outcomes.
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What I Learned About Democracy, Injury, Packing & Friendship
Dan has a busy weekend of packing boxes, promoting better democracy, fretting about his dad, and socialising with a new-found friend. There was a royal wedding in there and a trip down the river to a pub, too, but those aren't mentioned in this blog post. Except right here.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #40:
Fail to get elected as one of the two student representatives of module CS12320 (Concepts In Programming). What else could I expect? I was nominated against my will, gave an awe-inspiring speech, that declared that "if I get this position, …