Suffrage

I voted in my first election on this side of the Atlantic on Thursday. EU citizens get to vote for MEP and in the local government elections. I was shocked how low key it was. It was in a free church hall and even with the huge polling station sign strung up next to the open door, I was in serious doubt I was in the right place until someone walked out.… no campaigners… no signs…. No convoluted machinery, just a very simple paper ballot that you mark with an X in a large square box with a pencil. A simple act, probably makes no difference especially as I am in a political stronghold. But it filled me with buzz to join the political process and it made me smile.

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