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    1. coffeewalnut08 on

      **Some voters in May’s local elections will be able to cast their ballot in a shopping centre and on a weekend as part of plans to make voting easier.**

      Tunbridge Wells, Cambridge, North Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes will all take part in pilots which could eventually be rolled out across England.

      Democracy minister Samantha Dixon said the trials would “test out the first real changes for over 100 years, bringing our democracy into the 21st Century.”

      In Milton Keynes, voters will be able to vote in the city’s Midsummer Place shopping centre, rather than being tied to a single polling station.

      In Tunbridge Wells, Cambridge, and North Hertfordshire people will be able to vote in person ahead of the election, including on the weekend, rather than being limited to one polling day.

      In these places people will be able to visit central buildings to vote at a time that suits them.

      Tunbridge Wells council boss, William Benson, said it was important people voted, adding: “Voters can be assured these new arrangements are just as secure as the polling stations they’re used to.”

      Authorities will still have traditional polling stations and people will continue to be able to vote by post or proxy.

      Future pilots could include mobile voting stations and people being able to vote at any polling station in their council area.

    2. TheOnlyGaming3 on

      good and im excited to hear from israeli and russian bots in these comments about how this is somehow a negative

    3. Lego_Kitsune on

      Excellent. Maybe we’d get more people in cause they’re not forced to vote after working 9-5

    4. aleopardstail on

      personally this is a decent thing to at least try, and sensible to try it before going further

      multi day voting, does mean a few changes to how stuff is reported though. ideally this is voting starting the preceding Saturday then closing on the Thursday as usual (or start the preceding Friday even for a full week). avoids issues of people changing how they vote having seen results elsewhere announced.

      otherwise not many downsides, there is a financial cost naturally, but its a trial, costs are expected. see if it gets turnout up significantly, and also check the demographics of who is voting to see if its changing specific groups

      then publish all that data before deciding to go further. all transparent and then people can decide if the cost is worth it

      personally I’d say the cost probably is going to be worth it, I also suspect a greater turnout may well change the results in harder to predict ways

      but:

      higher turnout is better turnout

    5. Biggeordiegeek on

      You look at the Australian system and their higher levels of engagement, even outside of the fact that voting is compulsory, and it just seems like a much better system

      You can vote anywhere at any polling place, held on a weekend, and they often hold fund raising events for the schools and community centres where you vote by selling those lovely looking sausages

      This is a good thing and if it helps boost turnout, then great

    6. Zr0w3n00 on

      IMO making the Thursday a national holiday is a better idea than this. People have other commitments on weekends. Thursday is a fine day to go voting, making it a national holiday would mean people have the time to get to the polling station.

      One day off every 5 years isn’t too bad and having a whole day off for voting would lead people to associate voting and participating in democracy with getting a day off which would likely make people more willing to vote on its own.

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