Local elections, 4th May 2023

[whole diary]

[grahame]

In our (Coffee Shop) area, local elections take place in a number of authorities including Devon and BaNES on 4th May.

Map from a BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) Article



Are there local elections on your area?

Is public transport a concern in your area? 
Is it being talked about?

[bradshaw]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

[Electric train]

Are there local elections on your area?

Is public transport a concern in your area? 
Is it being talked about?

Yes RBWM.

Most of the transport conversation seem to revolve around pot holes, cost of parking and the sorry state Broadway MSCP in Maidenhead Town Centre has got into resulting emergency closure and will have to be demolished.

Other issues is the plan to build 100's of house on Maidenhead Golf course.

RBWM could be one of the "Blue Wall" victims

[grahame]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

There are likely to be teething problems with a new system.  I'm not sure why we needed a new system - the old one didn't seem broke (at least where I live) so why did it need fixing?

[PhilWakely]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

There are likely to be teething problems with a new system.  I'm not sure why we needed a new system - the old one didn't seem broke (at least where I live) so why did it need fixing?

OK, I'll bite!    It didn't!  Just another ruse by the ruling party to prevent votes for the opposition

[grahame]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

There are likely to be teething problems with a new system.  I'm not sure why we needed a new system - the old one didn't seem broke (at least where I live) so why did it need fixing?

OK, I'll bite!    It didn't!  Just another ruse by the ruling party to prevent votes for the opposition

I'm glad I'm not alone in suspecting that.

[infoman]

events at the Seymour arms in Blagdon is getting some news coverage.

More details on Points West BBC1 local news at 13:30pm and 18:30pm on Thursday 27th April 2023.

Just a reminder that BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) local news is availble for TWENTY FOURS only after transmission,please don't shoot the messenger.

[Mark A]

Thanks for this. My word... more here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65376581

Mark

[Bob_Blakey]

Exeter has local elections for the city council (1 councillor out of 3 in each ward) but nothing at county level.

In my ward I have had, thus far, both leaflet drops and a house call by the prospective Conservative Party councillor but absolutely nowt from any of the other parties.

Bus services are on the agenda largely, I suspect, because of the earlier but now resolved poor performance by Stagecoach and the fallout from a recent service reorganisation. However bus services in Exeter are all dealt with by Devon County Council so good luck to any ECC reps looking to get anything else done.   

[infoman]

Lead item on the BBC1 Points west local news at 13:30pm on thursday 27 april 2023

[PhilWakely]

Exeter has local elections for the city council (1 councillor out of 3 in each ward) but nothing at county level.

In my ward I have had, thus far, both leaflet drops and a house call by the prospective Conservative Party councillor but absolutely nowt from any of the other parties.

Quite the opposite in Pinhoe. Leaflets and calls from all candidates with the exception of the Tory, from whom nowt has been seen, read or heard.

[Electric train]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

There are likely to be teething problems with a new system.  I'm not sure why we needed a new system - the old one didn't seem broke (at least where I live) so why did it need fixing?

OK, I'll bite!    It didn't!  Just another ruse by the ruling party to prevent votes for the opposition

Could be seen in the same light as gerrymandering

[TaplowGreen]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

There are likely to be teething problems with a new system.  I'm not sure why we needed a new system - the old one didn't seem broke (at least where I live) so why did it need fixing?

OK, I'll bite!    It didn't!  Just another ruse by the ruling party to prevent votes for the opposition

I'm glad I'm not alone in suspecting that.

It has been made incredibly easy to obtain voter ID, a "Voter Authority Certificate" free of charge for those who don't possess any of the numerous approved forms.

[eXPassenger]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

There are likely to be teething problems with a new system.  I'm not sure why we needed a new system - the old one didn't seem broke (at least where I live) so why did it need fixing?

OK, I'll bite!    It didn't!  Just another ruse by the ruling party to prevent votes for the opposition

I'm glad I'm not alone in suspecting that.

It has been made incredibly easy to obtain voter ID, a "Voter Authority Certificate" free of charge for those who don't possess any of the numerous approved forms.

It might be easy but it appears that a lot of people have not done so.  It is unlikely that they are all planning to abstain.  Voting should be as easy as possible, and there is no evidence of voter impersonation.

[TaplowGreen]

It seems that the voter id requests are way below the 2million needed, some quotes them in the 50,000s. It will be chaos, especially as in Norwich leaflets have been circulating in a Labour stronghold saying that it is not needed. It purports to be from the Conservatives but I cannot see this as official

There are likely to be teething problems with a new system.  I'm not sure why we needed a new system - the old one didn't seem broke (at least where I live) so why did it need fixing?

OK, I'll bite!    It didn't!  Just another ruse by the ruling party to prevent votes for the opposition

I'm glad I'm not alone in suspecting that.

It has been made incredibly easy to obtain voter ID, a "Voter Authority Certificate" free of charge for those who don't possess any of the numerous approved forms.

It might be easy but it appears that a lot of people have not done so.  It is unlikely that they are all planning to abstain.  Voting should be as easy as possible, and there is no evidence of voter impersonation.

To be honest I think the fact that mass postal voting represents more of a risk as has been demonstrated in certain communities.

I too am unconvinced as to the necessity of everyone producing ID in order to vote however the fact remains that it's been made very easy to obtain and if people have chosen not to bother..............well they clearly don't regard their opportunity to take part in the democratic process as very important.