VOTING is today. The Shalfleet School is not being used this time, the two polling stations are Shalfleet Village (Church) Hall and Newbridge Parish Office.
Dear All,
A quick reminder that today (Thursday) is Polling Day in the Shalfleet Parish by-election.
The polling stations are:
Shalfleet Village Hall (aka Shalfleet Church Hall)
Newbridge Parish Office (in Community Hall adjacent)
Polling time: 0700 to 2200
You don't need to take your voter card. The officer on duty has the electoral register and will tick you off.
There are 3 vacancies and 6 candidates.
A number of folk have asked me how these multiple votes work in the Parish election:
You have three votes and you should use them all. You just select three
names, put a cross in three boxes. You can't put your choice in order
of preference and if you try to you might spoil your paper and lose your
vote. 3 boxes, 3 crosses. That's it.
When the votes are counted, the total votes for each candidate are
counted and the 3 with the most votes get elected while the 3 that get
the fewest votes are not elected. Simple as that. It's not like a
beauty competition, the candidate either wins a seat or (s)he doesn't.
All Parish Councillors are equal in the eyes of the law; the Chair is
merely a facilitator who for convenience has a casting vote. Neither is
there any other kind of seniority.
Please take the time to vote today to make the new Parish Council as representative and democratically valid as possible.
My wife and I will be at the two polling stations for much/most of the
day. Do please say 'hello'. If you don't know what I look like, I'm
the chap with black rimmed specs and I'll be wearing my red Ronald
Macdonald jacket.
If you are in need of transport to the polling station we do have volunteers. Give me a ring on the mobile below.
Best wishes,
David Walter
07802 411155
walter4council.uk
As I see it we don't have to vote for three if we only want one person we don't vote for two others as this can knock out the person we do want
ReplyDeleteYou're entitled to do that if you wish but there are three vacancies. To my mind you'd only vote for one if you were fixated or obsessed with getting one particular candidate in. I imagine only the candidate themselves would do that? I've just voted, and I have voted for three - myself included, of course!
ReplyDeleteThe important thing is to have a representative and knowledgeable council, with councillors who are prepared to attend meetings and do all the work required outside of meetings + stay in touch with local issues. You really want the best choice for all three, not just one.
Thanks for telling me your thoughts see what you saying but don't mean we all thinks the same
ReplyDeleteYou will get three whether you vote for one, two or three.
ReplyDeleteso we have three new`uns but we all wait see if they be the best for the parish and what it needs Me wonders that two of em are friends of your and some of us wonders if youl be tryin g to have get what you wants by them
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