Postal votes in the UK (During covid and beyond)

[urban genie]

There is a big push, especially by local councils in the upcoming elections.

Labour have also been waging a capaign to members, affiliates and the general public to register and vote by post to reduce risk from Covid.


So in May if you do vote will you go down the postal route?

 

[Ancient Citizen]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

 

[Rascal]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

Whys that?

 

[urban genie]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

Most councils.are pushing it, be it labour, lib, con or green.

It is being pushed because of Covid, not some conspiracy to rig elections

 

[Vic]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

The Tories have far more postal voters, and have been collecting filled in application forms and delivering them in bulk to councils for this new situation. Labour campaigners are told not to handle completed applications, so as to avoid any suspicion of fraud.

There might not be a polling station round the corner. A new variant, staff unwilling to sit in polling stations and/or handle ballot papers that may well have the virus on, no way to scrutinise the count as normal (eight people round a table).

We'd be having all-postal elections if the Tories didn't know it would benefit the opposition.

 

[Vic]

Download form and find out where to send it at:

Voting by post

Find out about voting by post in UK elections

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Any other period in history, this wouldn’t even be discussed. It’s the overflow from the Trump playbook.

Voter fraud is minuscule in this country. Nothing to see here.

 

[Ban-jani]

Mine is round the corner from me so I’ll just walk there.

The situation with Covid should be much better in May anyway but we’ll have to wait and see.

 

[kaz7]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

Bollocks

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Bollocks

Cobblers is more fitting.
Absentee, disabled, etc;, no problem, why do you want it rolled out for everyone?

 

[kaz7]

Cobblers is more fitting.
Absentee, disabled, etc;, no problem, why do you want it rolled out for everyone?

Because we are in a pandemic !

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Mine is round the corner from me so I’ll just walk there.

The situation with Covid should be much better in May anyway but we’ll have to wait and see.

If Covid is out there and still raging, again no problem.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Because we are in a pandemic !

See above.
If there wasn't a pandemic, or the current one is conquered, which it's very
much looking like, would you still want it?

 

[kaz7]

See above.
If there wasn't a pandemic, or the current one is conquered, which it's very
much looking like, would you still want it?

I dont mind either way , there is next to no fraud so why not ?

 

[Ancient Citizen]

I dont mind either way , there is next to no fraud so why not ?

Ok, I don't want it, and don't think it'll be implemented anyway, but fair enough.

 

[BobKowalski]

Cobblers is more fitting.
Absentee, disabled, etc;, no problem, why do you want it rolled out for everyone?

Why not? There is no additional virtue in the way you vote. You don’t get brownie points for going to a polling site.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Why not? There is no additional virtue in the way you vote. You don’t get brownie points for going to a polling site.

It's something Labour want, but unfortunately what they want doesn't need scrutiny, or discussion because they won't get it.
Covid excepted, of course.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Cobblers is more fitting.
Absentee, disabled, etc;, no problem, why do you want it rolled out for everyone?

errrrrrr- a certain pandemic may influence peoples intentions - you can't go to a match, you can't go swimming at the baths, you can't go to a gym but you must be forced to attend a polling station shoulder to shoulder? I think you may have had a wee sip of Trumps KoolAid

 

[BobKowalski]

It's something Labour want, but unfortunately what they want doesn't need scrutiny, or discussion because they won't get it.
Covid excepted, of course.

That isn’t an argument. Why is making voting easier or more convenient for people an issue?

Don’t you want as many people voting as possible?

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

That isn’t an argument. Why is making voting easier or more convenient for people an issue?

Don’t you want as many people voting as possible?

Surely not, otherwise you end up with things like Brexit...