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AIBU to resent tory party representative standing outside polling station asking for polling number?

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ITVX · 04/07/2024 16:39

I don't think it should be allowed. I first thought she might be part of the management team for the polling station as I didn't see her badge identifying her as a member of the Tory party. I realised that it would be unlikely that they would ask your polling number outside the building. I asked why she wanted to know. She replied that it was so we didn't get phoned later. I said that I thought that voting was meant to be confidential, after which she ignored me!

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OhmygodDont · 04/07/2024 22:04

BackOfTheMum5net · 04/07/2024 21:57

Perhaps - though the fact that two parties think you’re a possible voter makes me think you’re just really nice! 😂

Hey… don’t go around telling people I’m nice I’ve got a reputation to uphold 🤣

I think it’s because I’m very careful in real with my answers over politics so everyone thinks I like their party 😂 got my poker face.

BashfulClam · 04/07/2024 22:28

Never heard of this. When I was a kid a local idiot used to hang about outside the polling station dressed in rosettes on his own telling people to vote Conservative. He was doing this in the West of Scotland so got told where to go a lot. He told my mum once ‘I hope you voted conservative!’ She laughed and said ‘i’d rather nailgun my flaps to the floor!’ Took me years to work out what she meant!

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