To ask if you have voted yet?

[AllaMova]

Today, Wales and Scotland are voting for who will govern their National Parliaments and England are voting in their local elections.

I voted this morning and it was super quick. I was in and out in two minutes.

Have you voted yet?

Weird, why would they not be? What country are you in? I always take my DD is as I often vote after the school run

I don't know but my DD wasn't allowed to take her DS in earlier

Children absolutely are allowed. Individual polling stations don't get to set their own rules. Did she have a dog with her? They're not allowed.

oh I skip all that stuff too. I look a what parties say they will do both locally and nationally. at what they have done that I approve of, that what their track record is on doing what they said they would. Yes I do judge on their public behaviour as well but as they say, actions speak louder. I do watch Laura Kuensberg on a sunday morning but I never watch PP broadcasts or the namecalling.

My kids have always come with me and have been allowed to come in. I will always remember my eldest son announcing who I had voted for very loudly when he was about 5.

sorry I must have quoted the wrong post

Oh ok but I only know what DD was told today

Yes of course children are allowed in!

And yes I have voted. (Tactically, to try to keep Reform out, if anyone’s remotely interested.)

No she doesn't own a dog lol

I need to do this more often. Skip the emotional debates and look in to it all properly.

Although in the last GE, I completed one of those long multiple choice questionnaires in order for it to tell me who I should vote for. Trying to be objective. It came back with an equal three way split between Greens, Reform and Lib Dems. I had no idea what to do with that 😂

I did the same, as did my DP.

Where are they? In the last 3 years literally every weekend of my life is marred by these communist 'Gaza' groups screaming for initifadas. They're outside my train station. They're INSIDE my train station. They're at every event. Every place I go.

I've not seen any flag waving mobs. In fact the only bloody flag you see if Palestine.

that's odd because the same split happened to me, not the same parties though. The questionnaire I used let me look at which manifesto policies I approved of that had placed me in the 3 way split so I could pick out which ones were the most important to me and also factor in which party or person I believed would keep their word. I am not saying that doing the research is massively enjoyable but I think we have a duty to do it.

I have a postal vote so used that a few days ago.

Just had a stroll to cast our votes, 1st time I’ve had to vote party not candidate though so that was different (Wales)
I’m glad DSC 18 & 17 both felt strongly enough that they wanted to go and vote too. Was quite busy so I hope there is a good turnout to keep Reform out

Here we go

Can I take my children with me to vote?

Bringing children to the polling station is encouraged, to help educate them about democracy.
But they are not allowed to mark your vote on the ballot paper.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjw1pen037no

Can you vote at 17 in wales?

Yes, Greater Manchester

I think the lib dems do a decent job in local government here so they have my vote (again)

DH is about to go vote on his way to work. DC (both adults) and I are going to take the dog for his evening walk soon and go vote at the same time.

Absolutely and it's always been that way. I remember going to the polling station with my mum right up until the age I was able to vote myself. The only thing I couldn't do was go into the little booth with her, so it was clear that I wasn't the one marking the paper. If anyone is forbidding children from entering polling stations they haven't been trained properly and should be challenged. Part of demystifying the whole process and encouraging future voters is letting children see the mechanism of democracy.

My local election got postponed as the Labour candidate died. I think we will have the election in June now.

Yes, they can vote at 16 here for local and Senedd elections.
It’s only right they have a say in what is going to impact them for the next 4 years in the case of Senedd. They are both politically literate (more than several “adults” I know!)

From 16, which makes sense as a Senedd term is four years and by that time a 16-year-old will be 20 and a full blown adult. They are voting for their future too. Also the same for local elections, but not the General Election as England decides that.

Yes!

You can vote at 16 in Scotland too (in Scottish Parliamentary and local government elections, but not in General Elections though.)

Yep did so earlier, I always vote , and remember all the brave women who fought tirelessly for our right to do so 🥰