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You are here: Home / About Waterlooville / The 1 Reason I won’t be visiting a Polling Booth Today

The 1 Reason I won’t be visiting a Polling Booth Today

Thursday 7th May 2015 by Steve Mayne

So after months, if not years of build up, love it or hate it, The General Election is upon is.

Millions of people across the country are will be attending community centres, schools, and halls up and down the country to vote via their allocated local Polling Station.

We have encouraged to vote through advertising campaigns with such slogans such as, “If you’re not registered to vote you can’t get credit” and their suchlike.

Waterlooville Postal VoteI have no intention of ever going to a voting booth, that little impersonal cubicle. It’s not on the bucket list. The reason? Well basically I can’t be bothered. I can’t be bothered to queue. I can’t be bothered to waiting around. It might rain. Or just be mind numbingly dull. Life is busy enough. I have a wife, three young children, a full time office job, a house to look after, 5 chickens, this website and and a few others, and my ‘me’ time is a premium.

Now that is not the reason why I won’t be visiting a Polling Booth today. The 1 reason why I won’t be visiting a polling both today is that voted lasted month, via a postal vote.

In 2005 we were due to be out of the country, so my wife and I applied for a postal vote. Since then, we’ve always received a postal vote. For the General Election, for the County Election, and the District Election. The postal vote drops obediently onto the doormat. The postal vote is free. A postal vote is brilliant. An amazing time saver. No faff, no waiting about. Eco-friendly too, I don’t need to drive to and from the polling station. Simply stick the ‘X’ in the box, bung it in the prepaid envelope chuck it into the postbox. Job done.

If like me you can’t be bothered to vote because of all the faffing about at the Polling Station, perhaps the postal vote is for you.

I hope you have a great day whatever you end up getting up to :)

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  1. Michelle says

    Thursday 7th May 2015 at 09:59

    I also vote by post, and have done for quite a few years. It’s so much easier – and no hassle on the election day itself because it’s already done and dusted. Also, you can tell those annoying electioneers who bother you by knocking at your door that you’ve already voted! Bonus.

  2. Lynn Trilby Gard says

    Thursday 7th May 2015 at 10:40

    I’ve had a postal vote for a couple of years. Brilliant idea

  3. Paul Stone says

    Thursday 7th May 2015 at 10:24

    I also use postal voting but I would like to see something even easier which does not involve me filling out the voting form (2 of them as they are different forms for national & local elections this time), putting it in the correct envelopes, licking & sealing the correct envelopes, walking to the post box & finally hope that it arrives at it’s destination in view of the most unreliable postal service that exists in the world.
    Why can we not vote online in this day & age. We can do everything else online so why can we not vote? Do not tell me it is due to security because there are many secure systems used online including doing our banking which is probably the most important & personal online system that we all use.
    It is always said that not enough young people vote. Put it online & all of them will vote because it will be a “cool” thing to do.

  4. Marilyn Atkins says

    Thursday 7th May 2015 at 11:40

    Postal votes are excellent….even better when we can do it online..

  5. Paul Fouch says

    Thursday 7th May 2015 at 11:40

    Postal votes have my vote !

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