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The system wasn't equipped to deal with the high turnout -- piss-poor organisation that you blame on people being 'disorganised'. Typically Tory viewpoint, of course -- it's the people's fault -- for being sick, for being old -- cut public services now, damn their eyes. Three cheers for Trident!

Anyway, you're in for some interesting times.

Edit: The electoral commission admits there were problems:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/05/07/voters-furious-at-being-turned-away-91466-26395061/

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Typically Tory viewpoint, of course -- it's the people's fault -- for being sick, for being old -- cut public services now, damn their eyes. Three cheers for Trident!
Hahaha!

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Why has it never happened before, this problem?

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You tell me.

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I was a bit late registering my new address, so drove a 130 mile round trip to vote after work. I can understand that there are people who had a lot more serious problems than that attempting to vote though. There were no queues at the polling station for me.

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Actually, there seems to be more to it than that, as shown by the article I put up, but you don't seem to be bothered to read up about it.

One point of interest is that the traditionally apathetic student voting population woke up this time but were unprepared for the whole thing. This slowed down the process causing some people, who did have voting passes, to miss the boat.

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So perhaps it was premature to conclude that 'they should have got up earlier'.

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So we have a hung parliament. Can the hanging be done with drawing and quartering this time? I think that would definitely be a change I would vote for.

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Is there any advantage of doing this in a working day? Doing it on weekends allows everybody to plan their voting properly.

It's also ridiculous to stop people from voting when they are already queuing to vote. Even if it takes a few more hours or even another day, so be it. It's only a problem for the television broadcasts.

"Sorry, 10pm, try again next time" What?

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Originally posted by Palynka
Is there any advantage of doing this in a working day? Doing it on weekends allows everybody to plan their voting properly.
Voting on Thursday is traditional, apparently.

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