Posts Tagged ‘voting’

You need photo ID to vote in 4th May local elections

Sunday, April 23rd, 2023

There will be local elections in England on 4th May 2023. The Elections Act 2022 brought in the requirement to show photographic identification for voters at these and all future elections. If you already have the right ID document, remember to take it when you vote.

If you don’t have one of the accepted forms of photo ID, you can apply for a free voter ID document, which is known as a Voter Authority Certificate.

If you want to vote on 4th May and you don’t have any of the accepted forms of ID, you will need to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate by 5pm on 25th April or you will be unable to vote.

See https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

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Euro election? You can vote without a fixed address – register by May 7th if you want to vote on May 23rd!

Monday, April 29th, 2019

Elections to the European Parliament will take place in the UK on May 23rd except in the very unlikely event that agreement on a Brexit deal is reached among MPs before 22 May.

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Meeting to prepare for outcome of CRT licence review, 12th Feb, Semington

Monday, January 29th, 2018

The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 12th February 2018 at 7.30pm at the Somerset Arms, High St, Semington BA14 6JR, a 5 minute walk south from the canal bridge. All are welcome. The meeting aims to plan what action to take if CRT announces an increase in licence fees for boats without a home mooring.

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K&A Users Forum, 8th June, Great Bedwyn

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

The next CRT K&A Users’ Forum will take place on Thursday 8th June at 5pm-7pm at the Village Hall, Frog Lane, Great Bedwyn SN8 3PB.

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Six days left to make a difference

Tuesday, May 16th, 2017

A lot can happen in a week, hopefully one of those is that you will register to have your say. Here boater Sally tells you how and why;

For anyone that’s missed it, there’s a General Election coming up on 8th June.
Why bother? You may think your vote won’t make any difference, believe me this time it will.

Why should you vote?

Apart from this being the most important election of our generation, why aren’t you voting? You may want to consider how lucky you are to have the opportunity.

  • It took until 1928 for women to be given the right to vote in the UK after a long and bitter Suffragette battle.
  • In the US it took until 1965 to remove racial discrimination from voting rights allowing all US citizens the right to vote.
  • In Saudi Arabia women still do NOT have the right to vote.

If you think your vote won’t make a difference check out these statistics.

Just look around at what’s happening in this country. The Tories are bleeding public services dry. This Conservative government has borrowed more in the last 7 years than ALL Labour governments combined yet we’re still under the yoke of austerity. Under a Conservative led government homelessness has doubled. Over 2000 deaths have been linked to welfare sanctions. We’ve seen cuts to the NHS, welfare, education, housing, the police, the military, the justice system, everywhere you look. The rise of food banks and children in poverty are a direct result of the Tory Austerity programme.

This election there is an alternative to all of this. It’s time for everyone to have their chance to say ‘no more’. Whoever you chose to vote for make sure you make June the end of May.

But I’m a continuous cruiser, can I still vote?

Yes. It’s pretty easy. We once voted as ‘the boat in the harbour’ in Sheffield! Go to https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501398/Register_to_vote__no_fixed_or_permanent_address__living_in_England_and_Wales.pdf … print the form, fill it out and send it to your local electoral services office. Your ‘local connection’ address can be the election office if you’ve no other address.

Can’t print it? Pop in to the electoral services office and ask for a local connection form. Your local library can help too.

Need a national insurance number – phone here 0300 200 3500

If you need any support to do this let us know and we’ll find someone to help.

You have only got until Monday 22nd May to get the form in. That’s six days!

Do not delay, get free beer NOW!

If you’re happy with the status quo do nothing. If not, your country and your community need your help. Oh and you can get free beer… votethisyeargetfreebeer.co.uk

Local Electoral Services offices

Bristol – B Bond, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN

Keynsham & Bath – Guildhall, High Street, Bath BA1 5AW

BOA, Trowbridge, Melksham, Devizes and the Long Pound – County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge BA14 8JN

Voter registration forms available at Devizes Wharf, register by 22nd May

Friday, May 12th, 2017

Don’t lose your vote in the election! Voter registration forms for people without a fixed address are available from The Wharf Tea Rooms, Devizes Wharf, Couch Lane, Devizes SN10 1EB. The tea rooms are open every day from 10am to 4pm. Liveaboard boaters are also distributing them along the canal to neighbouring boats. You need to register by 22nd May to vote in the 2017 General Election.

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K&A boaters action group and voter registration session, 8th May, Devizes

Saturday, April 29th, 2017

The next meeting of the K&A boaters action group will be on Monday 8th May 2017 at 7.30pm at the Lamb Inn, 20 St.John’s Street, Devizes SN10 1BT. We will have voter registration forms for people without a fixed address for boaters to either complete on the spot, take away, or distribute to other boaters. If you have the time to deliver some forms to the boats around you, please come to the meeting!

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If you want to vote in the 2017 General Election, register by 22nd May

Thursday, April 27th, 2017

If you want to vote in the General Election on 8th June 2017, you need to register by 22nd May. Anybody who does not have a fixed address can register to vote by declaring a local connection. You can’t register to vote online if you are declaring a local connection.

Here is the voter registration form to download and use in England and Wales Electoral-registration-generic-nfa

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Register by 7th June to vote in European Union referendum

Saturday, May 21st, 2016

We don’t intend to get involved in the political debate about whether to stay in or leave the EU, but if you want to vote in the referendum on 23rd June  you need to register to vote by 7th June.

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Don’t lose your right to vote in the General Election

Tuesday, March 17th, 2015

The election is less than two months away. If you want to vote, liveaboard boaters without a fixed address can register by declaring a local connection. You can download the form below.

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