Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Police and Crime Commissioner, Rupert Matthews, (Conservative) voting is important, vote at the forthcoming election, May 2nd 2024
If you don't want to vote it is still important to turn up at the polling station and don't forget your Photo ID.
You can leave your ballot blank, or spoil it, if you do not agree with any of the political parties.
Staying at home just makes you another statistic, it is presumed you are just uninterested.
By actively going to the polling station and not selecting any candidate before submitting to the ballot box, you become a voice for the disengaged.
Blank Votes and Spoiled Ballots are read out at the count, along with the results and are also included in subsequent reports. Your apathy towards the political parties will be heard not just forgotten.
If suddenly there are huge numbers of blank/spoiled ballots at election time, the major political parties will start to think more about what they need to do to reconnect with these voters.
On 16th August 1819 a meeting took place in Manchester which quickly became one of the most infamous in our history. Held as part of a campaign to give men the vote and reform.
December 1918: Women Vote for the First Time
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