I am just about to vote!

[SouthWestmom]

Massive spanner though as the Labour candidate doesn't live in the constituency.

No one else got theirs today?

This is a General Election on very important national policies, not a local one on local issues, so don't worry so much about post codes. IMO.

Pull the trigger by ticking your preferred political party box, send it off, sit back and relax.

I voted yesterday.

Mine was easy as I know exactly which party I want, no umming or ahhhing or stressing thankfully.

The councillor is local (just up the road) so that's easy. I really want to vote for a party but might end up with some bloke living in London. It does make me wonder how that happens - the party don't care where someone lives? Or there wasn't a strong enough candidate locally?

One of the councillors is just up the road..... hell would have to freeze over before I voted for him. It worries me that he was the most qualified person they could find to stand. His leaflet is riddled with untruths and exagerations. I just hope he is not standing unapposed.

For sitting MP the person we have was a good constituancy MP, but voted with his party on every single issue, even when it disadvantaged our area. The nearest he got to growing a spine on a national issue was to vote both ways on Syria. The others standing seem to be trotting out their respective party lines.... so it doesn't look as if it will change. I will have to vote on which party offers the closest fit. As the campaign is focusing on immigration - and all of them are trying to avoid pissing off potential UKIP voters rather than saying anything constructive it is difficult to choose who to vote for.

We have a good constituency MP who has worked extremely hard for us. He lives in the area and we do see him out and about (especially now ).
My little DD once shared a Teacup ride with him and his family - he was the only dad who looked like he was enjoying himself

Unfortunately, he is also a member of the Government and has dutifully sided with them on every vote. He's Jeremy Hunt...

Were I voting on his constituency record, I might easily be persuaded - he once intervened in an issue for us and I was amazed and impressed at how fast he got it all sorted, even though there was no kudos for him to do so.
But I hate what's happening to the NHS. Fortunately for him, his is a virtually guaranteed Conservative seat so little me and my insignificant vote doesn't matter a jot

Well weirdly now I am undecided, the conservative candidate came round while I was washing the car and studiously avoided knocking at my door, speaking to me, despite approaching every other house in the large cul de sac. Maybe they keep notes as I few weeks ago i refused a conservative flyer from some door knocker saying I'd be voting Labour?

"Undecided"? ... as impressed that the local Conservative's that might have better door-to-door Intelligence Service than the local Jehovah's Witness squad, they read your body language you were 'poised' to attack, what?

Isitme, I don't understand your post! Sorry!
I mean undecided as in was going to vote Labour but now a bit thrown as I did receive good service from the previous (conservative) constituency mp who lived in the area.
Just surprised that she didn't speak to me that's all. I was washing the car, not looking all Question Time

Excuse me, I hadn't realized a Conservative was in the mix; it seems rare around these parts.

If you were on the other side of the door, and had a hose in your hand, the leaflet delivererer never had the required Conservative 5-yards start recommended in the handbook - a Question Time scowl, would have been secondary. lol

Really? We are a safe seat so my vote is a bit pointless anyway. Two weeks ago the leafletter handed me one at my door and I said thanks but I'm voting Labour.
Yesterday the actual candidate knocked at every house while I was outside in the drive washing the car but didn't say hi or speak to me - I'm guessing they have a record of me saying I'm voting Labour?

If they have already spoken to you they may have marked you down as a non-supporter and be concentrating on speaking to people they missed on their last visit or who were don't knows. Surprised they didn't smile and say hello though, most candidates would do that this close to the election

Thats what i thought especially as she missed my neighbour who returned, came over to chat to me and was then clearly marked as not worth a visit!

Well, the election in our little corner of the world just got a little more interesting. The Lib Dem (and main rival) has been suspended for election fraud (whatever that is).

It's too late to change the ballot, though. I'm not quite sure what that means so far as actual votes are concerned - is he be classed as independent? Will they replace him in the million to one chance that he does get elected (well, not him personally - he can't be. Or can he? ). And how on earth does a member of one of the main 3 parties find himself unable to scare up someone to sign his papers anyway?

Funny enough 'election fraud' via postal voting has been an issue for a while now, in the last election and one the before.

Apr 2012; “When did Britain become the kind of country that tolerates voting fraud?”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9232884/When-did-Britain-become-the-kind-of-country-that-tolerates-voting-fraud.html

”Some of the worst frauds have made their way to the courts. In a case in Birmingham, in 2005, Judge Richard Mawrey likened our postal vote-heavy system to that of a banana republic. The same judge is reported this week as saying that postal voting fraud remains rife.”

"one the before"? D'oh.

Oh I read about that. Told my postman and thanked him for delivering my vote
No idea re Lib Dem - your think someone would have signed it for him!

Oooh? I wonder what election fraud entails?!