Voting today - bring your own pencil!

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Polling stations are encouraging everyone to bring their own pen or pencil for voting with. Don't forget!

Apparently they will have some anyway for people who didn't know, but please spread the word.

OOh the excitment! I have just voted with a biro for the first time!

Polling station on the news had a big box of little Ikea style pencils, so they won't turn you away if you don't have one, but they might run out?

I voted by post anyway.

I forgot!!!

Remembered last night, but it went clean out of my mind this morning.

So I am now the proud owner of a taxpayer-funded little white pencil

Bumping this thread.

They had them when i went

Covid apparently came as a surprise to the guy in front of me - as well as a pen/pencil you also need a mask, unless you are exempt.

Ours allowed people to borrow a traditional stubby pencil but they had a separate bucket at the exit to collect them aftwewards. I guess by the time of the next election they’ll have been quarantined long enough.

When I was looking through the little brochure they'd posted me I liked the sound of some of the groups. Let London Live - sounded snappy! (I mean the title alone not what they stand for!) But....Piers effin Corbyn??? I don't suppose my effort has done much to change the world but still...one can dream!

It is just really around the corner from me but because I get breathless, it took forever to get there. Then we had to go out another way, adding a bit to my walk!

Can you bring children with you?

My polling station had pencils in individual bags that you could keep.

@Happycat1212

Can you bring children with you?

Yes I took my 6 year old in with me

Thanks

@Happycat1212

Can you bring children with you?

Yes but there is a box of them for people who didn't bring their own.

I’m not voting. Literally no interest and don’t know who any of the people are. Forgot it was on to be honest.

Does it have to be pencil?? I took a pen.

@AlwaysLatte

Does it have to be pencil?? I took a pen.

No a pen is fine

Yes but there is a box of them for people who didn't bring their own.

@Palavah No-one told me, do you think if I go back I can leave DD in the box with the other children?

When I voted they told me that I could keep the pencil or just throw it away! Brand new pencils, absolutely crazy. I took mine home.

What happened to the blunt pencil on a piece of string? Has Covid ruined that as well?

I came away with this lovely pencil. I was very pleased with it!

So we can exchange a child for a pencil? I'm in.

@UCOinanOCG

I'm envious - mine's only half that length