Referendum, my right to vote

thornaby · Post by **thornaby** » Thu 23 Jun 2016 8:13 pm

Stockton on tees council decided to hold a major cycling event leading to traffic chaos. My out vote by proxy was not registered. Totally outraged!

thickey · Post by **thickey** » Thu 23 Jun 2016 8:19 pm

Lets hope the remain don't win by one vote

waddo · Post by **waddo** » Fri 24 Jun 2016 4:56 am

My wife's postal ballot paper arrived in the post yesterday, applied in early May and ballot paper sent out on 19th June - another remain vote that can't be counted - irritated but an expected happening from a country that could not organize a p*** up in a brewery yet thinks it can "Go it alone!

dap2410 · Post by **dap2410** » Fri 24 Jun 2016 6:56 am

waddo wrote:My wife's postal ballot paper arrived in the post yesterday, applied in early May and ballot paper sent out on 19th June - another remain vote that can't be counted - irritated but an expected happening from a country that could not organize a p*** up in a brewery yet thinks it can "Go it alone!

Same with me. We applied for our postal vote at the start of the year, and got it. I explained then to the powers that be that for us here in the TRNC there was much delay in receiving/returning land post to the UK, asked if this could be taken in to account and would they please send out our postal vote sooner than to two weeks being quoted. This request by me was repeated again by email to our local Registration Office in April. It would seem that all my requests were ignored. My partner received her postal vote last week and l am yet to receive mine!
Irritated is not the word I would use, I feel well p****d off with this failure by our local Registration Office.
I will be writing to my MP relaying my outrage.

waddo · Post by **waddo** » Fri 24 Jun 2016 7:10 am

Maybe, like our local office, they did not have enough time to get ready for the referendum because it was sprung on them??? Sorry, that was a cynical comment - and it was meant to be!!