It's a blowout #UKElections2023

Newnham, Cambridge results:

Jean Margaret Glasberg - Green - 895 - Elected
Chang Liu - Lib Dem - 398
Anne Tregoning Miller - Labour - 756
Susan Rachel Williams - Con - 161

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#GreenParty #CambridgeGreens #CambridgeUK #GPEW #Newnham #LocalElections #Elections23 #UKelections2023

Of course, where I went wrong was not having photo ID showing me wearing a mask.

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Today I'm in a traditionally very Conservative area, which is also in a conservative area.

Conservative supporter signs outside houses: 0.
Not-the-Cons opposition party signs: lost count!
Bunting, flags, and monarchist tat on display: 0.

Met a random tourist who drew my attention to it and then confided her own not-the-Cons postal vote in that whispered undertone used by polite middle-class middle-aged English people who don't talk about politics with strangers.

Mind you, Cons are used to indulging their disgusting proclivities in private so I won't celebrate too soon. :riot:

#UK #England #Elections #LocalElections2023 #UKElections2023 #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/24/i-refuse-to-ask-voters-for-id-so-ive-quit-polling-station-work-after-40-years Can anyone else smell fascism?

#UKElections2023 #UKPol #FuckTheTories

https://tactical.vote/ OK I know it seems hopeless & that we'll forever be bound by Tory scum until the end of time but it's the local elections in the UK on May 4th so please check how to vote tactically in your area & wherever possible help younger voters access ID as the far right government recently imposed voter ID (but only on those unlikely to vote for them).

Is the current Labour party who I want to support, not really, but our priority is getting #GetTheToriesOut then we'll work from the.

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There's an upcoming election which is likely to have useful results for my communities, but I also prefer to subvert "first past the post" systems whenever possible so I offered my vote to the secondary school kids at my local bus stop. I told them there are two conditions:

a. They reach a group agreement (I provided decision-making resources based on consensus processes - plural - but they were responsible for choosing their own method).
b. They give at least two reasons for their chosen candidate (individual not party).

Result: a decision based on unanimity-minus-one (who recused himself rather than blocking - he claimed he's not interested enough to participate) and they've learned about decision-making processes not based on majority voting. I also think their candidate will win and is the most likely to serve our communities but that's beside the point.

Only 10 days now to register to vote and 18 days to sort your photo ID or postal vote (details in the linked post):

https://kolektiva.social/@haq/109744737865680217

#VoterID #Voting #Elections #VoterSuppression #LocalElections2023 #UKElections2023 #FPTP #subversion #praxis

Respect to my local Green Party who were first to remind every household here about new requirements for voter ID, despite their voters being relatively engaged and likely to already know, especially compared to the ageing Cons who vote for their opponents. Local green-black grassroots alliances have a high success rate for community projects here. It's a shame the national Green Party have typical small party problems with entryism and an undertow of ecofascist tendencies. Nonetheless it's the Conservative government who're excluding ordinary people from community decision-making processes, this time using voter suppression.

My simple guide, with links, to UK voter registration and ID (7 week deadline in mid April):

https://kolektiva.social/@haq/109744737865680217

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UK voting and ID for elections on 4 May 2023 in England and Wales and Scotland, and 18 May in Northern Ireland. I'm still seeing significant misinformation about this so here's information for England, and you can check the same website for the rest of the UK (iirc Wales and Scotland are similar and N.I. is a law unto itself).

1. First register to vote with your local authority. Deadline depends on whether you also need to apply for ID so do this as soon as possible.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/register-vote-and-update-your-details

2. If you have government photo ID and intend to vote in person at a polling station then check if it's valid. Deadline depends on whether you need to re-apply for ID so do this as soon as possible.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id

3a. If you don't have current government photo ID then the best way to ensure access to a vote is to apply for a postal vote but you need online access, and a printer, and access to a post office (or hand delivery to its destination). Deadline 17 April 2023.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/apply-vote-post

3b. The government ID linked below is another option for in person voting at a polling station but you need online access, and a digital photo, and a printer, and access to a post office (or hand delivery to its destination). Deadline 5pm 25 April 2023.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/applying-a-voter-authority-certificate

3c. You can also vote by proxy, but this is more complicated and most experts advise against it unless you have no other option. If you can't find out for yourself how to do this then it's probably not the best method for you.

#UK #VoterID #Voting #Elections #VoterSuppression #LocalElections2023 #UKElections2023