Amazing how almost 3 years after Irene’s passing she still gets a vote #GE2020 pic.twitter.com/eJD1hda0YR
— (@Stephenteap) February 3, 2020
Same happened to us last Friday received my late Dads card, despite requesting to have him taken off the register, presuming it was okay when we didn’t get one for local elections last May and by-election for Cork North Central in Nov! Very hard to take!
— Brid McHugh (@BridMcHugh) February 4, 2020
Unfortunately there is no national register of electorate (there should be). And, each local authority has their own protocols for removing a name form the register. You may have to write to the ‘franchise office’ in the relavent local authority(ies). But I’d call them first.
— Aidan Moyles-Gray (@AidanMoyles) February 3, 2020
Anyone?
I was an enumerator for the register of electors before, calling to houses and confirming names. Used to get dogs abuse ‘you don’t wait long do ye? We haven’t even had the months mind and you’re here to take away her vote’
It’s just a crappy process which needs reform and investment, and with so many objections to data sharing, I can’t see how this can easily be resolved.
People want privacy and joined up services all at once.
state has eminent domain in these matters
once data sharing is reasonable and proportionate there shouldn’t be any issue.
we have a register of births marriages and deaths
just no will to join the two up, presumably because the status quo is to somebody somewhere’s advantage …
So, insist on proof of identity for everyone voting.
You would think so wouldn’t you.
In the UK Labour objected to this complaining it was anti- democratic.
Especially in constituencies with large Asian population where they’ve been rigging the vote for years
” large Asian population where they’ve been rigging the vote for years”
“Peep peep! went Spoofer’s little whistle.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/11/election-fraud-allowed-to-take-place-in-muslim-communities-becau/
Indeed.
But forgive him.
Repro O’Bertie-Begorrah is still trying to get over the Brexit that he predicted would never happen.
Oh, you finally found a post to say that? I mean, surely even you are growing embarrassed about being unable to back up a claim you keep repeating.
Lads, Spoofer posted a link to a 2016 report into election fraud in London boroughs which claimed voter intimidation of women and young people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi extraction. This half backed up his claim above (Labour were not mentioned) but the link seems to have vanished so here’s the BBC report on it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37055521
Kind of seems like a national identity card that had a record of your current address would come in pretttttty handy in a case like this…
if only somebody somewhere could come up with a legal way of providing this …
I moved district in the past year and submitted by change of address before the deadline.
I received my polling card to my old address / district, but the ‘checktheregister’ has me as my new address.
Could get 2 votes?
I have 3 votes in three different voting centres. So if i was bottomed I could easily vote 3 times.
One in my childhood home (where i never even registered), 1 in my old address that i left over 10 years ago and then one in my current address. I already removed myself from the register for the other two but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears as the cards keep coming.
My brother also has 3. 2 at our childhood home, both with his first name spelled different ways (again he never actually registered himself) and then one at his current address.
my dad is dead 8 years and I still get his polling card. Mad
Bit harsh on poor Irene.
hahaha
way out of line there clamps.
Imagine a system charged with keeping track of several million people throwing any errors – this is an outrage, thanks, blushirts.
your whole shtick on here must be soooo tiring
Body politic meets realpolitik
You probably have to tell them in person you are dead. I know only one man who could do that:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/romanian-court-tells-man-he-is-not-alive
And I mean this with no disrespect to those who have lost loved ones. My Dad still receives my mother’s voting card, even when he moved house.
PS: On a roll with the headlines, Nick