Have You Registered to vote for the local elections?!

[Ali-Gation]

REGISTER TO VOTE - every vote counts !

Make sure every single member of you family and friends register to vote. Details of reistering (if havn't already) can be found here:
< http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/vote/register/index.cfm >

Click on the link - then select where you live, download and fill in the application form and return to your local council. all details on website. Details should also be found on your local councils website.

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YOUR VOTE COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

[watchthevideo]

Local elections are happening in many parts of England on 4 May 2006 .

If you live in an area where an election is taking place, this is your one chance to be heard about the issues that affect your everyday life. Your vote can make a real difference. But, in order to vote, you need to be registered. If you don't register, you could lose your vote.

Make sure you are registered to vote by 13 March to have your say.

More info in link below:
http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/

http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/elections2006.cfm

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how do i know if im not registered??? aaaaaaah lol

[Yahya]

how do i know if im not registered??? aaaaaaah lol

You should get a polling card soon. As a Council worker I'm paid to deliver them. I just sent out a load of confirmation letters, but I don't know if every borough does this.

Otherwise ring the electoral registration office in the Council where you live.

PS Voting in local elections isn't haram by anyone's definition since no legislation takes place at that level of government. It's an easy way to punish the govenment for it's policies and, given the size of wards, get politicians to reflect Muslim concerns. So there's no excuse for anyone to avoid voting this time.

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thanks!!


but why do we have to keep registering? why cant we just do it once

[Gee...(London)]

I recieved all the voting forms by post this morning, we'v got about seven I think, even though theres only 5 of us living here...... :confused:


Just phone your councils and they will send out everything you need to vote.

And remember, kick out the Labour Party wherever they are.

Its time to make things abit more interesting in British Politics!!

[Yahya]

thanks!!


but why do we have to keep registering? why cant we just do it once

I don't know why but I do know they make me deliver letters every year. They should all be out by now.

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lol yeeeayyyy..

[watchthevideo]

UK local elections, 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_local_elections,_2006

[silenceofthehamz]

"Voting in local elections isn't haram by anyone's definition"

Out of curiosity what do you mean by haram?

Local elections are actually more of an exercise in democracy than any general election in this country, considering we still use the highly un-representive plurality system to elect government parties. The local elections decide who your closest point of contact (your local government council) are going to be.

Voter apathy is likely to be high, I wouldn't expect anyone under the age of 25 to vote, out of sheer disinterest. I also know a lot of people who live at rock bottom around me don't want to register to vote because so much of their daily lives could not be deemed 'legitimate'. Most of the voters will be OAPs, then the people who's lives get most affected by the government i.e. the people who have to pay the most tax, pay for the most licences/permits etc For the rest I don't think anyone really has the time or really gives a ****. Political participation in Britain has never been more stagnant, mainly due to my generation's near alienation from politicians.

Its an open door for a minority vote to have an effect (remember the BNP candidates being voted in a few years ago?), but you would be slightly on the wrong track to think it would serve anything that could be regarded as "punishing" westminster politicians. On the contrary I think they would be pleased to see the democratic franchise being endorsed, they might even go so far as to claim it was evidence of working intergration. Why say 'punishing' anyway? If there were to be anything of the sort, surely it should be going to the mere 30% of the population responsible for voting Tony Blair in again for starters!?

[Silent Soldier]

Unfortunately brothe you cannot ask everyone this question. due to the fatc of age restrictions. i will have to wait another two more years before i can vote. but getting people to register is importnat because it allows people to have a chance of chosin their representative for their area. not just some communist demmocrat ((i.e. former conservative leader)p.s. i cant remeber his name.)

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got my form!! :D

theres a website 18to24.com or something

and theres a special text number you can text to get your form...

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You can download a registration form (http://www.1824collective.co.uk/registerForm.pdf) here together with a list of London council addresses

OR

text VOTE plus your name, house number and full postcode to 86222 and a registration form will be sent to you* (*Text service costs 10p plus your standard test message rate.)

To find out more about registering to vote, or to find out if you are eligible to vote, go to www.aboutmyvote.co.uk (http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/).

You can also call 0800 3 280 280 for more information.

To request information in other languages go to www.aboutmyvote.co.uk (http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/)

[sunni]

whens the deadline? ive done mine cant be asked to go to the post office and get a stamp, im lazy seat on my backside all day i await for a miracle to transcend maybe god will send angels and make my life better!

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march 13th lol