[Closed] MEP Elections, have you voted?

not yet, cheers for the reminder. 😆

I also brought the wrong polling card but they found my details luckily.

I told them I got hammered at a birthday party and they laughed their heads off. Told me to keep the card for next months elections in Peterborough as our MP was pushed out for speeding/lying.

Then this roadie cyclist lady came in to vote but I was in my jeans damn it and she was pushing 50. Still fit. Nice Giant road bike.

Nice church and plenty of parking. Felt bad about the tomb stones though. The fresh fragrance of mowed grass was nice. Going to bed and riding in the morning.

Get out and ride!

Yep, LD. All kinds of xenophobe choices though. Like a racists sweet shop...

Yep.

Greens

sorted, done. 😆

Yes.

Dammit, immediate voters remorse.
I wanted to vote green to indicate the environment is the bigger issue. But figured they’d never get anywhere in my region (or any region really) so went with the more strategic but still hopeless Lib Dem vote to hopefully bolster the biggest remain party.
Now I see you lot have all voted green I want to be part of your club!

Well at least you didn’t vote for a racist party.

It was just one X in one square right?

Just wanted to make sure I didn’t screw up my vote.

Yep for both of us. Lib Dem here. As above lots of Rabid Right Wing choices plus the Yorkshire Party, Yexit anyone?

I went green, basically because the SNP are pretty likely to get 3 and pretty unlikely to get 4, so, tactics.

Why would I?

Green for me.

Voted at 7pm and judging by the address list in front of election bod not many other people had. Low turnout will mean brexit MEPs. Someone I know who bets on elections predicted 2 Bre,it MEPs in Wales...

Yup done this am.

Wasn't sure who to vote for, but one of the boxes had a little arrow pointing to it. Subliminal messaging must have worked.

In hindsight, they really shouldn't allow an arrow as a logo, it's so misleading.

OP, yes just one X.

And you don't need to take the polling card.

Calling the 14 and a half million people with opposing political views racists is probably the best way to win them over to your point of view, though if that doesn't work there's always the milkshake.

As for the Greens:
https://policy.greenparty.org.uk/mg.html

"Richer regions and communities do not have the right to use migration controls to protect their privileges from others in the long term"

Open borders in other words, and redistribution of wealth from the West to the 'developing world' via taxes and incentives to relocate global businesses. Luckily they'll never get their hands on the levers of power as no one would be potty enough to waste votes on them right?

Thanks GlennQuagmire.

I’ll sleep better now.

Pot? Oh potty. I’m not telling you to vote for what I voted for.

No need to talk about politics, just vote whoever suits you.

Night night x

Dammit, immediate voters remorse.
I wanted to vote green to indicate the environment is the bigger issue. But figured they’d never get anywhere in my region (or any region really) so went with the more strategic but still hopeless Lib Dem vote to hopefully bolster the biggest remain party.
Now I see you lot have all voted green I want to be part of your club!

10 MEPs in our area (SE England). 1 green last time. I hope my vote helps them get to 20% and a 2nd MEP.

Bloody love the european elections - only election I have ever voted in where my vote might result in my favoured candidate getting elected. First time Green voter mind.

“Richer regions and communities do not have the right to use migration controls to protect their privileges from others in the long term”

Green and proud.

Why would I?

Why would you not?

“Richer regions and communities do not have the right to use migration controls to protect their privileges from others in the long term”

You are quoting this like it is a bad thing?

Regardless of what you all voted and why I'm just glad that you did.

Yup.

Green in the South West to maximise remain MEPs.

What pondo said

Yep, just been. I had actually forgotten until I saw this thread.

Was torn between Green and lib dem. Went green in the end.

Yep, LD. All kinds of xenophobe choices though. Like a racists sweet shop…

It seemed a bit that way around my part of the world as well, sadly.

Why would I?

Wasn’t sure who to vote for, but one of the boxes had a little arrow pointing to it. Subliminal messaging must have worked.

In hindsight, they really shouldn’t allow an arrow as a logo, it’s so misleading.

Had to google. Is hoping the Cp'n is joking.

Even so....it's a good spin on why they got the most votes come Sunday.

Got ready after dinner to go out and vote to discover only my wife had received a polling card.

Got ready after dinner to go out and vote to discover only my wife had received a polling card.

Don't let that stop you. Polling card just speeds up the process, perfectly possible to vote without.

As a disenfranchised EU national I was turned away at the polling station.

I was told by the guy at the desk that my name was on the electoral register (I had indeed received election material from the parties personally address to me) but that my name had been crossed out and I wouldn't be allowed to vote.

I do know that I missed the deadline for EU nationals to register by a couple of days. As I understand it the rule didn't apply to British nationals.

It means one less vote for Labour btw.

Yeah just go in tell them your name.

Yeah, obviously.

Voted just after the school run so got to ogle at the village YummyMummies too..

🤪

Limp dems got my cross today, didn't think that'd be happening !

Went at 9pm, ballot box was stuffed to the brim

Of course I voted.
People fought for our right to vote and it is wrong not to use that right.

convert

Subscriber
Got ready after dinner to go out and vote to discover only my wife had received a polling card.

Don’t let that stop you. Polling card just speeds up the process, perfectly possible to vote without.

Really doesn't make a difference whether you have it or don't. I didn't have mine, they still ask the same question, address, then name and give you a voting slip.

Yep, looked down the list, so many were rabid exit at all costs. Now, in the beginning, I was all for leaving, based on the info given, but just like the WMD arguments which turned out to be lies, my opinion changed as the monster bit of a mess that Brexit is became clear.
So the choice was, basically, LibDem.
Not much of a choice, really.

Yes I did.
Deep down I hope I will vote in another European election.

Done.

A ruddy faced gammon with a rosette was lurking by the doors and greeted me with "I hope I can rely on your vote?" I really wasn't in the mood after a 12 hour shift, so he got a grunt in response.

The Wife was holding the door open for a couple going in as I was coming out, again the gammon asked "Can I ask who you voted for?" To which I replied "whom" and "you may ask, but I'm not going to tell you".

He was slightly redder than before I voted, so job done.

The three voters in our house turned out. No gammons to abuse at the polling station so we had to drink our milkshakes...

Tactical vote to try and get an extra pro-remain seat.

I was also pro-leave originally until it became obvious they had no bloody clue how to make it work in the real world.

Delighted to say that the box was stuffed full at 8.30 when I voted.

ernielynch

Member
As a disenfranchised EU national I was turned away at the polling station.

My Danish wife registered to vote here and did so by post but she is seeing many EU nationals on Twitter saying they couldn't vote despite registering to do so. Other never got notified by their councils who openly admitted to running out of time to do so.
Sounds very fishy.

I had no idea who to vote for so scrawled the C word across my paper. Does that count as one to Farage?

Yep with 10 minutes to go. Tactical voting to oppose a certain train of thought. I'd rather vote positively but am becoming disillusioned by the current crop of apparatchiks.

A ruddy faced gammon with a rosette was lurking by the doors and greeted me with “I hope I can rely on your vote?”

I would consider that to be blatant election campaigning, so illegal.

"It shall be an offence to engage in campaigning activity within a prescribed area around a polling station on the day of a relevant election at any time during the period in which the polling station is open."

The prescribed around a polling station is up to 250 metres from the main entrance.

They are however perfectly entitled to ask you how you voted.

The ballot boxes were stuffed because there were 2.1 million parties on the ballot so each paper was the length of the Bayeux Tapestry. It looks like I was the only person who fancied a change.

I would consider that to be blatant election campaigning, so illegal.

Was thinking the same.

I had no idea who to vote for so scrawled the C word across my paper. Does that count as one to Farage?

The guidelines are that the vote counts if the intention is clear. There is much more leeway than you might think.

I voted on may 4th.

Yes, at 7.20 this morning. I was the third person to do so here in sunny Garnant. The officers said that it was a very slow day.

I voted on may 4th.

Indeed, green some weeks ago here. Out does puzzle me that serval of the parties posted campaign info after the postal vote deadline.

Voted green just to piss off grimep (ninfan in a flowery frock & blouse), snp will get 3 seats out of 6 in Scotland and it’s practically impossible to get 4 using the D’Hondt voting system so despite being a snp supporter a green vote was for the best in this area (Galloway), just hope the ****ing tories/Brexit party don’t get a seat but I imagine the usual Tory voters will be frothing at the mouth over not leaving the eu yet so will hopefully have voted Brexit thus splitting their voting power to ****-all.

I didn't want to be a racist so I made sure I didn't vote for any party with lead candidates with white sounding names, that left me with a choice of the Brexit Party, the Tories or Labour - so I voted for one of them.

I voted on may 4th.

You are also in danger of breaking the law.

Yup, SNP

Tommy Robinson is standing round here.

The ballot paper might as well have been used to wrap half a pound of streaky, it was that porky.

Voted Green.

It's nice to hear so many people voting Green.

Voted, apparently I was the fourth cyclist in the polling station that day.  No bleeding heart remoaners to trip over so sucked on my lemon and voted for milkshake man (odious unpleasant toad that he is).

Long drive back from remote working meant I was too late.
Would have voted LibDem despite being long-time 'tribal' labour voter.
My take - tories have shown themselves to be incompetent and do not deserve anyone's vote; labour - corbyn is controlled by momentum, has no credibility, has no clearly articulated policies; ukip - enough said; brexit party - opportunistic single issue and single representative group with nothing to say other than we want out; greens - lovely people, I'm sure, but a set of policies searching for a home; libdems - consistent in opposing brexit and lobbying for a people's vote.

Bit of a shit shower in truth.

Just returned from polling Station duty. About 65% turnout in my station, probably slightly higher than the last EU election. Most electors really struggling to know who to vote for, even those who have voted one way for decades. Many with strong views but no idea how to represent these in a meaningful vote.Bizarre times.

Green here also for the first time ever.

Green for me too

those who have voted one way for decades

Is that why we're in this mess in the first place? Blinkered, "I've always voted for X, so has my family etc."

Bloke atvour suburban polling station reckoned about 150 voters when we were there about 6ish. Is disappoint.

Just got back from the pub, friend of mine is a presiding officer and he reckoned it was a huge turnout for a euro election. He sort of indicated that the brexit party was responsible for bringing in the voters 🙁. I'm normally a conservative voter, but not this time. I've come to the realization that brexit might very well never happen so voted for the candidate that I felt was most committed to doing the actual job of a MEP.

Is that why we’re in this mess in the first place? Blinkered, “I’ve always voted for X, so has my family etc.”

What distinguishes political parties is priorities and core values.

Once you have indentified your own priorities and core values it is logical that you should vote for a political party which most shares your priorities and core values.

And it makes perfect sense to continue to vote for that party indefinitely, as long as your priorities and core values, and those of the political party, remain the same.

Obviously things can change over time. For example, when the LibDems became a pro-austerity party in 2010 and they lost the majority of their voters, but extreme examples like that are rare. Generally speaking people can feel comfortable voting for the same party every election.

Under normal circumstances I don't think being a floating voter is anything to be proud of. It suggests that you're not sure of what you believe in or what different political parties stand for.

Voted mid morning. Put my X against the Lib Dems (toss up between them and the Greens) despite being a card carrying Labour member. Polling station seemed very quiet but it did seem there was a polling station about every quarter of a mile - Bristol.

i voted lib dems (between them and green party)

First time ever to not vote Labour.

Went LibDem in the hope of limiting the damage Farage will do.

With my mighty one vote of power.

Lots of apparent gammon types around when I was there.... Though I really shouldn't generalise like that of course.

In Holland, the populist who were expected to be ahead, only came second or third.

I usually vote Green but I voted Lib Dem to (hopefully) count as a definite remain vote. I was properly torn when it came to actually cast my vote though, me and my OH had a full-on moral dilemma going on outside the polling station before we'd decided what we thought was 'best' in this instance 😆 Not being able to beat Farage to a bloody, quivering pulp, putting an 'X' in a box will have to do...

**** brexit.

Another vote for the greens here.

Yep. I have a feeling I will be returning to the polling station later this year for a General Election.

Green too

Though I do wonder, that while this was a vote for an MEP, what will it be cast as?
Some kind of proxy general election? An opinion poll on Brexit? I imagine it will be cast what ever way the spin doctors and papers want.

When do we start getting the results?

Remainer, work in manufacturing, got kids who I want to grow up in a tolerant society, pro NHS and not a fascist.

LD

And it makes perfect sense to continue to vote for that party indefinitely, as long as your priorities and core values, and those of the political party, remain the same.....
Under normal circumstances I don’t think being a floating voter is anything to be proud of. It suggests that you’re not sure of what you believe in or what different political parties stand for.

We've essentially had a choice of only 2 parties and both claiming to contain a broad church of values. These have manifested recently as distinct splits and sub groups within these parties. How can you then say that party still represents my values, when it has such varying sets of values within it? I'd say the opposite to you. If you're continually voting for the same out of the 2 parties then you're really not sure what you believe in.

It's not about being a floating voter it's about having more choice of parties that have a chance of being in power. Perhaps that would inevitably lead to more coalition governments, but may be that's the answer

3 x Green votes here, I proxy voted for my daughter (she's just bought a property in Northern Portugal), so that worked for her. All the high profile environmental issues in the media in recent months may well make a big difference ..... here's hoping!

"has been distorted by vested political and economic interests into a union dominated by economic interests, which lacks democratic control, and promotes the goals of multinational corporations which are interested in profit not people, and which runs counter to the professed core values of the Union."

"the excessive influence of the Commission and its associated bodies compared to the Council and Parliament is both undemocratic and unaccountable."

"The present structure of EU committees gives too much power to particular interests at the expense of citizens of member countries generally.".

"The Green Party rejects many existing EU policies and likewise opposes inclusion of them in a constitution or constitutional treaty."

"In our Green vision for Europe we seek to replace the unsustainable economics of free trade and unrestricted growth with the ecological alternative of local self reliance and resource conservation"

https://policy.greenparty.org.uk/eu.html

To all the Green voters. Aren't you exaggerating the flaws in the EU just a tinsy bit? You could make most of these points about any country with a decent civil service.

Multinational companies? Really? Small businesses are thriving all over the EU, not in spite of it, but in many cases because of it. (I know a guy with a small business who does nothing but export large colume low value items across the EU, the EU works brilliantly for him and he's a one man band. )

Get a grip, the EU is not that bad.

The polls are all over the place other than Brexit party winning.

Final survation poll has Labour in 2nd place on 23% and Cons in third. Whereas yougov and Ipsissmori have Labour third after Lib-Dems and cons 5th after greens. Others have every flavour in-between

I’d love to be wrong but I can see the brexit party doing very well out of this and giving the gammons more “you lost get over it” vitriol