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5 May 2005 12:37![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandragoraHave been forced by the 'first past the post' system to vote tactically, and not as I would have done left to my conscience. Alas.
Am wondering about security, though. My voter registration card thingy never arrived, for the first time ever. So I checked and established that yes, I'm still on the electoral register and can vote.
Duly strolled down to the polling station, equipped with proof of ID (passport) and 2 utility bills for proof of address. Offered to show proof of identity, but it was not required, even though the address on the electoral register for me is slightly wrong (a matter of missing off the 'A' after the house number). So, er, it's obviously all very secure, then.
Granted, my name is unusual - in fact I'm 99% certain that I am the only person with that name in the UK, and well, the rest of the world, as well. So, if someone was trying to commit identity theft they'd be better off using a name that is more frequently found. But even so, you'd think that they would at least ask for proof of ID. Wouldn't you?
Am wondering about security, though. My voter registration card thingy never arrived, for the first time ever. So I checked and established that yes, I'm still on the electoral register and can vote.
Duly strolled down to the polling station, equipped with proof of ID (passport) and 2 utility bills for proof of address. Offered to show proof of identity, but it was not required, even though the address on the electoral register for me is slightly wrong (a matter of missing off the 'A' after the house number). So, er, it's obviously all very secure, then.
Granted, my name is unusual - in fact I'm 99% certain that I am the only person with that name in the UK, and well, the rest of the world, as well. So, if someone was trying to commit identity theft they'd be better off using a name that is more frequently found. But even so, you'd think that they would at least ask for proof of ID. Wouldn't you?
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Date: 5 May 2005 13:18 (UTC)no subject
Date: 5 May 2005 20:16 (UTC)Yeah, from what the chap outside the polling booth said there are quite a lot of people who didn't get their polling cards this year in our constituency. Methinks a complaint may be made to Royal Mail...
I saw your post. All I can say is if Enfield Southgate falls back to the Tories I shall scream. Fingers crossed. (I won't be staying up, though - nothing will ever top 1997, you see and everything else is anticlimatic).
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Date: 6 May 2005 05:15 (UTC)no subject
Date: 6 May 2005 06:24 (UTC)Yes, I heard last night before I went to bed that Twigg was in trouble. Ah well, it was a nice eight years when Enfield Southgate *wasn't* Tory. And at least it's not my fault that we're back to being Tory.
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Date: 6 May 2005 14:48 (UTC)no subject
Date: 6 May 2005 21:38 (UTC)And yes, it is worrying that electoral fraud seems to be so easy.
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Date: 9 May 2005 07:56 (UTC)