Thursday, May 05, 2005
Election day
Election Day
I cast my vote at the Council Tax office in Gordon Street, South Shields at about 4.30 p.m. today, normally the polling station is in the day care centre next door, but at least there was a notice posted there advising people of the change in venue. Unfortunately there was a larger queue of people paying their Council Tax, or going to the chemist than waiting to vote. In fact, I was the only person voting at that time, the polling clerk looked exceptionally bored, and my ballot paper seemed to drop to the bottom of the ballot box after I'd inserted it into the slit on the top. I only hope that they had a large influx of voters later in the day!
Unfortunately some electors in London will not be allowed to vote at all - click here for story. Illustrative of another cock up by local government administrators!
Once again Sunderland South will attempt to be the first constituency to declare a result after the polls close at 10 p.m. click here for the full story.
Ther's no chance of a quick result in South Shields, be looking towards 1.00 or 2.00 a.m.
So it's all over bar the shouting, we now have to wait and see how many seats Bliar has lost, before we see him installing disgraced former ministers into Cabinet seats again!
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I cast my vote at the Council Tax office in Gordon Street, South Shields at about 4.30 p.m. today, normally the polling station is in the day care centre next door, but at least there was a notice posted there advising people of the change in venue. Unfortunately there was a larger queue of people paying their Council Tax, or going to the chemist than waiting to vote. In fact, I was the only person voting at that time, the polling clerk looked exceptionally bored, and my ballot paper seemed to drop to the bottom of the ballot box after I'd inserted it into the slit on the top. I only hope that they had a large influx of voters later in the day!
Unfortunately some electors in London will not be allowed to vote at all - click here for story. Illustrative of another cock up by local government administrators!
Once again Sunderland South will attempt to be the first constituency to declare a result after the polls close at 10 p.m. click here for the full story.
Ther's no chance of a quick result in South Shields, be looking towards 1.00 or 2.00 a.m.
So it's all over bar the shouting, we now have to wait and see how many seats Bliar has lost, before we see him installing disgraced former ministers into Cabinet seats again!
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