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Dogs at Polling Stations

36 replies

LlynTegid · 04/05/2023 08:59

If any of you went/go to vote today with your dog and took/take a photo of said Ddog outside the polling station, I'd love you to share it. Always nice to see the variety of dogs there are and their faces/expressions.

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Bairnsmum05 · 04/05/2023 09:30

What are you voting on? Where are you in the world?

LadyLump · 04/05/2023 09:32

It's the local elections in the UK today

Random789 · 04/05/2023 09:33

That's the nicest kind of dogwhistle politics, OP. Smile Our locality isn't voting this time around, otherwise I would be ON it.

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Bairnsmum05 · 04/05/2023 09:34

@LadyLump probs not the UK since I'm in Scotland and there are none to my knowledge. Do you mean England?

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 04/05/2023 09:39

Always.

My two have been diligently visiting polling stations and have had their photo taken by some poor souls who don’t have a dog on their own.

We’ve paid our dues on the Dogs At Polling Stations altar.

Random789 · 04/05/2023 09:50

I used to take my old dog to our polling station and Tweet a pic. But I've left Twitter because of the insane bristling grumpiness that has taken it over. I would have loved to post my new dog's first vote on MN instead - if my part of England was voting. (@Bairnsmum05 Sure, not everyone in the UK has a vote in their locality today, not everyone in England does either, but its easy to forget that if you yourself have been sent a polling card).

Wonder how my pup would vote. I was always afraid that my grumpy old terrier was a bit too Brexity for me.

LittleFreakJezebel · 04/05/2023 09:55

Ahh Ddog2 has already been with me this morning but I didn't get a photo!

Kyse · 04/05/2023 09:56

Crap I forgot about voting. And my neighbour is the mayor. Oops BlushGrin

rbe78 · 04/05/2023 10:02

@Kyse Polling stations are open until 10pm. Don't forget photo ID.

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 04/05/2023 10:03

I will be at lunch time 😊.

LittleLegsKeepGoing · 04/05/2023 10:38

LadyLump · 04/05/2023 09:32

It's the local elections in the UK today

It's local election day in England one of only 4 countries that make up the UK.

NI have local elections on 18th May. Scotland and Wales do not have local elections this year.

Oddly enough England is not the UK

Hoppinggreen · 04/05/2023 10:39

We always take ours.
We are also taking 18 year old DD for the first time

Wishawisha · 04/05/2023 10:39

LittleLegsKeepGoing · 04/05/2023 10:38

It's local election day in England one of only 4 countries that make up the UK.

NI have local elections on 18th May. Scotland and Wales do not have local elections this year.

Oddly enough England is not the UK

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And only some bits of England too.

SquashPenguin · 04/05/2023 10:41

No voting in Wales to my knowledge 🤷🏻‍♀️

LadyLump · 04/05/2023 13:37

I meant to put England as I knew it was specifically not everywhere else and not the whole of England either. No idea why I put UK but didn't realise that would be such a problem when it was just a typing error. Of course I know England is not the UK

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 04/05/2023 17:42

As promised here is a picture of my dog outside the polling station. It’s not great as they put the signs on the window facing inside 🤷‍♀️ but hey a dog pic is a dog pic right??

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ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 04/05/2023 17:44

Can't go wrong with a dog picture.

emmathedilemma · 04/05/2023 17:45

LadyLump · 04/05/2023 09:32

It's the local elections in the UK today

Not the U.K. because there’s none in Scotland!

CaptainMyCaptain · 04/05/2023 17:46

Bairnsmum05 · 04/05/2023 09:34

@LadyLump probs not the UK since I'm in Scotland and there are none to my knowledge. Do you mean England?

I'm sure I've seen posts from Scotland on Instagram.

CaptainMyCaptain · 04/05/2023 17:49

Apologies. They are old ones I just checked.

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LlynTegid · 04/05/2023 18:04

@Idratherbepaddleboarding your dog looks content, thank you for posting a photo.

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SunnySaturdayMorning · 04/05/2023 18:05

People should be leaving them at home, not taking them here, there and everywhere.

LittleFreakJezebel · 04/05/2023 18:11

SunnySaturdayMorning · 04/05/2023 18:05

People should be leaving them at home, not taking them here, there and everywhere.

Nah it's on my dog walking route so I'll take him thanks!

PieonaBarm · 04/05/2023 18:13

If you use Twitter search the hashtag #dogsatpollingstations there will be hundreds if not thousands of photos!

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 04/05/2023 18:13

Buzzfeed often have a lovely ‘dogs at polling stations’ page on election day.

It’s nice to see the doggos out voting.

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