AIBU to ask you to please ONLY fold your voting paper in half!

[BurnTheBlackSuit]

I am counting tonight, and whilst I get paid more the long the count goes on, it is so annoying when people have folded their votes into 4 or 8 or made a swan out of it before posting it in the ballot box.

Please please, just a simple fold in half - one crease- there is absolutely no need to do any more folds than this!!!

That's the most creative yet Moving. Congratulations!

Just got told to fold mine twice otherwise it wouldn't fit in the box

Not done mine yet, what to do?! And who to vote for??

And yes, I am genuinely interested how to get a job working there. Any ideas??

Awww. I did a postal votes. Curses! I could have done an origami hopping frog :)

You need to work for the local council to work at a polling station. My mum used to do it when I was small and it was a long boring day from what I remember her saying

I think i will fold mine once when i go, like a good girl. Lengthways.

our council advertised in the local paper about 12 years ago, I applied (as a SAHM) and have done it every time since then (apart from this year as my hands aren't up to it at the moment). Our pay is approx £50 for the first two hours, then £11 an hour after that. So tonight looks like it might be a profitable night .

I don't think you do lost its just that working at the council you get to hear about it and encouraged to sign up because no one wants to do it and they need staff.

I work on the count and not at the stations, but we have a mix of pensioners, current and ex council staff and because its a university city a lot of students like to try at least once for the experience. Some electoral areas have a tradition of trying to be the first area to declare, they specifically look for bank tellers who are fast and accurate counters.

The lady who gave me my voting paper had prefolded it twice.

So I folded it back twice into the prefolded folds when I'd finished marking my cross in the box.

Hmmm, I voted at 07.03 (go me!!!!) and think I folded twice to make it easier to go into the box (swans!! I'd quite like to see that 😀).

I work for a bank and lots of colleagues do the counting or have done at some point

At the Scottish elections in May there some didn't get finished till 6 then back into work at 9

I'm a counter as well.

Could I ask that if any of you are going to write on the voting slip please do it in green ink as it gives us all a laugh.

Actually, please don't write on it, we just need the cross (or mark).

Had to fold mine twice to fit in the box otherwise I did just fold it in half

I folded once but it wouldn't fit in the slot so I had to fold again. Same happened to DH who was just behind me, first time we've ever voted 'together'!!

Have any of you counters wver seen anything funny on a ballot paper?

I can make an excellent origami steamboat!
Maybe it's a good thing I'm not allowed to vote today...

In our polling station there was a lady standing around apparently for the sole purpose of telling people not to fold at all.

I've just been and voted, and you'd like me as I just did one single fold in half and it fitted into the box just fine!

Damn, I missed my chance to practice my origami

I voted by post and, folded once, it wouldn't go in the envelope so I folded it again.

I think I will try a paper boat next time.

Regretting my postal vote now. Think I would have liked to roll mine up really tight so it wouldn't stay flat

There was a case in the last general election tigger where someone had put a spurting cock in the box next to a candidate's name. It was adjudicated as a vote in his favour. Apparently if you want to suggest that one of the candidates is a knob you have to draw the spurting cock next to their name and not in the box.

Mostly it's just male genitalia and swearing, though in the last count someone had drawn a man shagging a sheep next to one of the candidate's names.

I shall be going across the road to vote shortly so will keep that in mind.

Can I take the opportunity to thank those that are involved in the counting of votes for their very important role in this.

I asked if I have to fold it and got told "yes please, twice"

Hope you aren't in my area for the counting, bet she's telling everyone