Posts Tagged ‘elections’

Vote for Rosie and Nick in CRT Council elections

Tuesday, December 19th, 2023

Voting opened on 13th December in the CRT Council elections. We recommend voting for Rosie Strickland and Nick Corrigan in the Private Boating constituency. Both are members of the NBTA and intend to promote the interests of liveaboard boaters without a home mooring if they are elected. Please vote for both of them as your first and second choices.  Below are their manifestos from the CRT web site – see
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/how-we-are-run/the-council/council-elections-2023-24/private-boating-candidates  You may also be interested in voting for Penelope Barber and Fiona Burt in your third and lower choices.

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CRT Council election 20th January to 14th February 2020

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020

The elections for the CRT Council began on 20th January 2020 and will end on 14th February. Only boaters with a 12-month licence can vote. If you have an email address that is registered with CRT, you will get an email with a link to your vote. If CRT do not hold your email address you will get a letter with the link to vote online. The letter will be sent to the postal address associated with your boat licence. If you haven’t received an email or a letter, contact council@canalrivertrust.org.uk as soon as possible.

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Itinerant liveaboard boater elected to CRT Council

Monday, December 21st, 2015

Stella Ridgway, a liveaboard boater without a home mooring, has been elected to one of four private boating seats on the CRT Council.

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CRT election extended to include restricted licence holders

Sunday, December 13th, 2015

Following a complaint by the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA), CRT has extended its Council election for 6 days until 17th December.

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Make sure you can vote in CRT Council elections

Sunday, November 22nd, 2015

The election for the CRT Council is under way. Polling opened on 13th November and ends on 11th December at midnight. There are two candidates who are liveaboard boaters without home moorings who we believe will support our interests.

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Register now if you want to vote in the 2014 European election

Thursday, April 3rd, 2014

Liveaboard boaters have the right to vote even though we may not have a fixed address. There will be European Parliament elections on May 22nd this year. If you fill in and send back the electoral registration form before the deadline of May 6th 2014, you will be added to the electoral roll in time to vote. You can download the registration form here.

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Boaters, use your vote in 2013 (and afterwards)

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Something that us boaters may or may not be aware of is that we still have the right to vote even though we don’t have a fixed address. There will be local elections for Wiltshire Council (and other Councils) on May 2nd this year, and our votes could make the difference between continuing Wiltshire’s support for liveaboard boaters or not. If you fill in and send back the electoral registration form before April 17th 2013, you will be added to the electoral roll in time to vote. Here is the form boater_electoral_registration

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