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Disgruntled with my voting slip

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

There's a code on my voting slip when i went to the polling dtstion. Not happy they can check who i voted for

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember.

What's the big deal?

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By *ockdownerMan
over a year ago

Preston

Hasn't there always been? I'm sure I've seen them before.

Anyway, why does it bother you, they can't do anything with that information.

I wouldn't let it bother you.

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach


"There's a code on my voting slip when i went to the polling dtstion. Not happy they can check who i voted for

"

But it's not associated with your name. Once in the ballot box it cannot be connected back to you.

I would imagine it is there for anti-vote rigging reasons.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There's a code on my voting slip when i went to the polling dtstion. Not happy they can check who i voted for

But it's not associated with your name. Once in the ballot box it cannot be connected back to you.

I would imagine it is there for anti-vote rigging reasons. "

This.

It's to make the voting slips unique. If there is more than one voting form with the same number on, they know someone has tried to commit voting fraud.

It isn't linked to your name in any way.

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Don’t worry Op nobody will know you secretly voted Tory.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember.

What's the big deal?"

Not always... Not happy as its possible to see who you voted for

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Don’t worry Op nobody will know you secretly voted Tory. "

Lol, closet tory brigade ain't me shhhh lol

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By *atEvolutionCouple
over a year ago

atlantisEVOLUTION. Stoke. HOT WIVES Sat 01


"Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember.

What's the big deal?

Not always... Not happy as its possible to see who you voted for "

No they don't/can't lol.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"There's a code on my voting slip when i went to the polling dtstion. Not happy they can check who i voted for

But it's not associated with your name. Once in the ballot box it cannot be connected back to you.

I would imagine it is there for anti-vote rigging reasons.

This.

It's to make the voting slips unique. If there is more than one voting form with the same number on, they know someone has tried to commit voting fraud.

It isn't linked to your name in any way."

Well if its a rsnfom number.. Wish I wrote it down now to check in the next election, bugger!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember.

What's the big deal?

Not always... Not happy as its possible to see who you voted for

No they don't/can't lol."

Hope so, it's just not British otherwise OY, NO PEEKING

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By *coptoCouple
over a year ago

Côte d'Azur & Great Yarmouth

“Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember”

Since a long, long time at least, my (long-deceased) father queried it when numbered voting slips were first introduced.

“they can't do anything with that information” “But it's not associated with your name. Once in the ballot box it cannot be connected back to you” “It isn't linked to your name in any way”

Oh yes it is! The scrutineer notes the number of the slip he/she has given you against the voters’ list. In theory, the slips once in the ballot box can only be checked against that list “in exceptional circumstances and with a Court Order”, in practice scrawl “I’m gonna bomb Number 10” on your (numbered) voting slip and see how long it takes before Special Branch comes knocking on your door!

More ridiculous is the fact that whenever I’ve voted no ID was requested and after I’d voted, my facetious “And now what happens when the REAL Mr Jones comes in to vote?” was met with blank stares.

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By *ockdownerMan
over a year ago

Preston

Well I don't give a damn who knows who I vote for...

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here


"“Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember”

Since a long, long time at least, my (long-deceased) father queried it when numbered voting slips were first introduced.

“they can't do anything with that information” “But it's not associated with your name. Once in the ballot box it cannot be connected back to you” “It isn't linked to your name in any way”

Oh yes it is! The scrutineer notes the number of the slip he/she has given you against the voters’ list. In theory, the slips once in the ballot box can only be checked against that list “in exceptional circumstances and with a Court Order”, in practice scrawl “I’m gonna bomb Number 10” on your (numbered) voting slip and see how long it takes before Special Branch comes knocking on your door!

More ridiculous is the fact that whenever I’ve voted no ID was requested and after I’d voted, my facetious “And now what happens when the REAL Mr Jones comes in to vote?” was met with blank stares."

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember.

What's the big deal?

Not always... Not happy as its possible to see who you voted for

No they don't/can't lol.

Hope so, it's just not British otherwise OY, NO PEEKING "

Sure you don't mean Peking..

Or whatever it's called now..

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here


"Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember.

What's the big deal?

Not always... Not happy as its possible to see who you voted for

No they don't/can't lol.

Hope so, it's just not British otherwise OY, NO PEEKING

Sure you don't mean Peking..

Or whatever it's called now.."

Don’t be so fowl

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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago

near ipswich

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember.

What's the big deal?

Not always... Not happy as its possible to see who you voted for

No they don't/can't lol.

Hope so, it's just not British otherwise OY, NO PEEKING

Sure you don't mean Peking..

Or whatever it's called now..

Don’t be so fowl

"

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By *eachcplCouple
over a year ago

blackpool/preston/normandy france


"“Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember”

Since a long, long time at least, my (long-deceased) father queried it when numbered voting slips were first introduced.

“they can't do anything with that information” “But it's not associated with your name. Once in the ballot box it cannot be connected back to you” “It isn't linked to your name in any way”

Oh yes it is! The scrutineer notes the number of the slip he/she has given you against the voters’ list. In theory, the slips once in the ballot box can only be checked against that list “in exceptional circumstances and with a Court Order”, in practice scrawl “I’m gonna bomb Number 10” on your (numbered) voting slip and see how long it takes before Special Branch comes knocking on your door!

More ridiculous is the fact that whenever I’ve voted no ID was requested and after I’d voted, my facetious “And now what happens when the REAL Mr Jones comes in to vote?” was met with blank stares."

This poster is dead right. Any political party can and do trawl through voting slips matched by serial number against the voters listings so they know exactly who voted for who.

Also right about not requiring any ID. In this day and age of technology they still just ask you for your name and address along with your voting card. It is a pathetically weak and poor system and open to fraud.

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral


"Well I don't give a damn who knows who I vote for...

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach


"“Voting slips have had serial numbers for as long as I remember”

Since a long, long time at least, my (long-deceased) father queried it when numbered voting slips were first introduced.

“they can't do anything with that information” “But it's not associated with your name. Once in the ballot box it cannot be connected back to you” “It isn't linked to your name in any way”

Oh yes it is! The scrutineer notes the number of the slip he/she has given you against the voters’ list. In theory, the slips once in the ballot box can only be checked against that list “in exceptional circumstances and with a Court Order”, in practice scrawl “I’m gonna bomb Number 10” on your (numbered) voting slip and see how long it takes before Special Branch comes knocking on your door!

More ridiculous is the fact that whenever I’ve voted no ID was requested and after I’d voted, my facetious “And now what happens when the REAL Mr Jones comes in to vote?” was met with blank stares.

This poster is dead right. Any political party can and do trawl through voting slips matched by serial number against the voters listings so they know exactly who voted for who.

Also right about not requiring any ID. In this day and age of technology they still just ask you for your name and address along with your voting card. It is a pathetically weak and poor system and open to fraud.

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I don't think that's correct. A court order, following an accusation of serious tampering, is required for that. So they can't just "trawl" through.

Voting fraud is pretty rare, therefore it is better to keep voting more accessible by not requiring any ID.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A friend was in special branch and he followed up where certain things had been written on voting slips making threats etc.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"A friend was in special branch and he followed up where certain things had been written on voting slips making threats etc. "

Could they find the person who used that voting slip?

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By *coptoCouple
over a year ago

Côte d'Azur & Great Yarmouth

"Could they find the person who used that voting slip?"

Yes... as I've explained, the scrutineer has a list of those eligible to vote at that polling station. When you present yourself with the postcard that’s come through your door (or simply say “I’m Mr Jones”), he/she gives you a numbered voting slip and records that number against your name, ostensibly so that “Mr Jones” can’t vote twice. So VERY easy to find the person who used that voting slip…

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By *uliaChrisCouple
over a year ago

westerham

Could be worse, the information commissioner is now looking into Sinn Fein and their voter database for all of Ireland. Imagine that lol, you really might have to vote the right way there or else its a knee capping:

"Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has been accused of being “completely disingenuous” in implying that other parties use the electoral register in the same way as her own.

Fianna Fáil made the claim as all of the main political parties said they did not hold central databases of voters that includes information not found on the electoral roll.

Sinn Féin’s Abú system has been at the centre of controversy after reports that party members are encouraged to add information on voters including their perceived level of support for the party."

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