#snap election

[263adder]

Don't Lose Your Vote! UK Edition

A snap general election could be called any day. This will be the first general election that requires photo ID if you vote at the polls (postal votes 📫 are unaffected by the Election Act 2022).

If you don't have an approved form of identification (list here), you can apply for a FREE voter ID photo card. Find out more below or use these 5 minutes to register and get your ID sorted instead ❎ because, and this is important to know, the government really doesn't want young people to vote.

The Explanation

Rishi Sunak, UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, may call a snap election in 2023. (A snap election is a vote brought in earlier ⏱ than the one that’s scheduled 🕐) The UK’s next general election (for MPs and the PM) is meant to happen between December 2024 and January 2025.

A snap election happens in as little as 25 days 😨 between the announcement (aka the PM asking the House of Commons’ to approve the dissolution of Parliament) and the vote 🏃‍♀️

You must be registered to vote - currently over 8 million people are not. Unlike other a democratic countries, the UK doesn’t automatically register all eligible voters. You have to do this yourself. Here’s a quick reminder of how to register:

Over the past 15 years, it has gotten harder for British citizens to vote:

Families can no longer register to vote as a household 🏡 so young voters must register themselves (Cameron Govt)

Colleges and universities are barred from registering students 👨‍🎓 (Cameron Govt)

The Elections Act requires photo ID 🤳 for anyone voting in person (Johnson Govt)

Local elections (for city and town governments) in 2023 were the first votes that required VOTER ID. According to the Electoral Commission, over 14,000 people were turned away from the polls because they had not heard about the change.

The House of Lords tried to amend the Elections Act before it passed, to include more common types of ID, such as bank statements, bills, student ID, library cards and much more. This amendment was struck down in the House of Commons. A lot of the IDs included in the approved list are more likely to be owned by older voters than younger ones. For example, a 60+ Oyster Card is acceptable ID but an 18+ Oyster Card is not.

Here’s the important thing to know: voters who don’t have a driving licence or passport or other approved forms of ID, can apply for a free voter ID photo card. Watch the video below to find out how!

And finally, please, for the love of our democracy, vote.

"Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles." Abbie Hoffman

#uk politics #vote #voter id #voter registration #united kingdom #rishi sunak #election act 2022 #general election #snap election #electoral commission #voter turnout #voter disenfranchisement #abbie hoffman #Youtube

[melanesianews]

Second Political Pact Signed

Second Political Pact Signed

The signing of another agreement by representatives of the political parties who were excluded from the new Government formation took place last night. Winning candidates who were signatories at the Prime Minister’s Office last night. Photo: SuppliedBy Hilaire Bule The parties involved are Vanua’aku Pati (VP), Rural Development Party (RDP), Iauko Group (IG), National United Party (NUP),…

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#Bob Loughman #Snap Election #Vanua&039;aku Pati

[stlangels]

I am shaking with fucking rage listening to this state of the union i think maybe two other faces have made me instantly get this angry.

I am not your "fellow American." I refuse to be American if this is what it means to be American. I am human before I am an American.

I refuse to die before I see a free Palestine. I will see a free Palestine in my lifetime. I refuse to die before I can see a free world. I will see everyone free in my lifetime because I refuse to die without seeing it. It's probably impossible but I don't care because I have to see it. I'm sick of seeing anything else.

#I cannot accept this place as it is bit I do love this place. I love the lands the people and the places I lived in and have seen. I want th #This is the first election I vote in and its the only one I've been around for that I couldn't even beg to predict. And either outcome is e #the same kind of evil we've been for over a hundred years. The evil place I was born into. #I haven't had faith in America since 2020 #when the illusion snapped. But as every year comes and goes I manage to lose even more faith in this place that I've hated for 3years and 9 #I have to live to see a free world. I have to see it with my own two eyes. I have to see people free from fear. I don't know how to live wi #and your freedom #and our freedom #and their freedom. I want to see a world where children are happy. I want to see the world I keep dreaming about #where everyone is taken care of. #grahambles

[mercurytrinemoon]

Guys look at the pretty Moon in between Venus and Jupiter 😍

#that dumb street lamp always gets in my way when i try to snap sky pics ugh #but still #super pretty #this is a good election time #you know moon between two benefics #really noiceeee #random #astrology

[bitchthefuck1]

One of the things that stands out the most to me about succession on the rewatch is how many hugely significant plot points only happen because at some point someone was feeling petty.

#it reminds me of that jesse armstrong quote where he said the problem isn't that the kids are evil bc they're not they're just very flawed #the problem is that they have so much power that the impact of their shortcomings is amplified to a massive scale and can seriously #fuck up other people's lives #kendall backs mencken in the election to get back at shiv for teaming up w mattson behind his back #shiv only asks for more money in the gojo deal (which put logan on the plane) bc she's mad at logan for giving tom divorce advice #logan snapped at the waiter and got him kicked out (which then put him in kendall's path and ready to leave) bc he was mad at kendall for #the bear hug letter #caroline floated going w sandi and stewy to mess with logan which is why they re-open the divorce agreement #there are like a million of these. you can follow every major plot bit back and at the very start of 90% of them it's just one person doing #something out of spite bc they're pissed off #idk it's just really good narratively #succession #kendall roy #siobhan roy #shiv roy #roman roy #connor roy #logan roy #tom wambsgans

[todayisafridaynight]

the sun will explode before rgg starts regularly giving everyone birthdays but they'll absolutely host a funeral event for the dead bitches

#snap chats #HELP ITS SO FUNNY #also.... notice how ryuji isnt there..... heh... almost like... hes not dea //shot// #anyway i neeeeeedd that aoki and mine stands like please. i need to be insane #I CANT. ok i can celebrate aokis birthday BUT LET ME BE MAD ABOUT THE DAY HE DIED TOO #ironically enough theres no concrete day when he died LOL #i forever go by masu's HC that mine died uhhh. march 30th i think.. gotta be the end of march cause of the moon #im lying it was march 11th i just checked ☠️ #aoki's death is such a guess- like y7 takes place in spring #and japan's political electins are july im pretty sure but idk the date... #i know An election is the 11th im p sure. i lied its the 5t (i think). for governor elections #what the fuck was kume even running for again. i forgore #NOT THE POINT POINT IS GIVE MEEEEEEEEEEEE

[dazedbe]

Freezing to death? After we just burnt to death??? Both in one year??? Can’t fucking wait

#the tories are just cartoon villains at this point #why haven’t we gone to a snap election yet #uk politics

[kraviolis]

i have no clue why, out of all nopixel characters, my favorites are cleo shaw, irwin dundee, and patrick downing.

#characters who are ready to snap and just looking for a good enough reason to beat the shit out of someone >>>>>>> #a close runner up is osvaldo pingafria #just like how he was a runner up in the mayoral elections OOP #krav talks

[ursulakleguin-stan]

You're laughing? Matt Hancock, UK Health Secretary through the first year and a half of the pandemic, has just been fired from the Tory party for entering the I'm a Celebrity jungle and you're laughing?????

#this is the funniest shit #he even said he was okay doing it now #because the government was stable #lmao #he's probably peacing out before shit blows up more #inb4 snap election he has to campaign from the jungle #british politics #uk politics #politics

[the-marathon-continues-nip]

This is a genuine question, what is the role/job/function of King Charles to the lay person in these times?

Is it not his duty to "do the best for his subjects" or something like that?

Why would he be okay with an unelected PM or is there just not precedent for what is happening now?

#i am confusion #uk politics #rishi sunak #king charles #doesn't the monarchy talk about their lifelong service to the british people? #dont yell at me im trinidadian american #in trinidad there would be a snap election #in america the electoral system is just to different to compare

[pepprs]

i say this every week but this has been the most emotionally intense week of my life. or at least it’s up there. lol

#i had a massive breakdown today in the middle of the work day. also i might’ve repaired my relationship w my mom almost entirely and she #gets that i have abandonment trauma AND TOLD ME THE FULL STORY OF WHY bc of things that happened to me literally when / while i was being #b*rn so. and all of that realization and pain and change has been at the surface and i have been extremely sensitive. plus there was the #election and also the renovation is starting on monday 🤪🤪🤪🤪 so. there is a lot going on rn. i ugly cried today though like lol. i was so mad #from the moment i woke up abt something so petty and then i just snapped and ugly cried in front of my mom and sister and it was ok and they #understood and reassured me???? ducking insane. but i still do have a giant gaping abandonment wound and am feeling deep despair so. 🤪✌️ #delete later #ask to tsg #I’ve posted abt my mom on here so much and she knows somehow which is scary. but if you’ve seen me complain about her on here it’s bc we #didn’t understand each other and i think we do now and i am going to make a conscious serious effort to not demonize her anymore #purrs

[rosykims]

wah im so happy right now 🥺 im trying not to go overboard with my optimism but this is definitely the first time i've ever felt hopeful about an australian election. def the proudest ive been of this country as well lol. australians FINALLY held our government accountable for climate change and corruption tonight and i sincerely hope we keep up this same momentum and hold the alp to its promises.

#auspol #in an ideal world the coalition would be thanos snapped to hell never to return lol #but since theyll likely be back one day i hope tonight sets a precedent and theyve learnt their lesson about fucking w our environment #and ignoring/belittling the ppl theyre supposed to serve #sigh anyways back into my cave i go. this election meant a lot to me and my bf so i'll be going to bed happy tonight ❤ #love yall !

[melanesianews]

VP, RDP, NUP and IG excluded from new Gov’t formation

VP, RDP, NUP and IG excluded from new Gov’t formation

Mrs. Gloria Julia King (r), pictured here with Mr. Ralph Regenvanu (l) will be the only female MP in the 13th Legislature. She was present in the government camp during the signing of the pact between the political parties last night. Photo: Ralph Regenvanu The formation of Vanuatu’s new Government is in the works, after a pact signing between 31 candidates of the Snap Election who have secured…

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#General Elections #Ralph Regenvanu #Snap Election #Vanua&039;aku Pati #Vanuatu Prime Minister

[jorgecrespo]

kissing my state right now we voted good kissing and kissing and kissing

#voted good isn't proper grammar but voted well sounds dumb #sounds less exciting #anyways dan kelly die challenge #my great uncle is a big republican from up north and he voted blue because that's how ridiculous kelly was #i can't survive another election im this close to snapping 🤏

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

three small businesses in my area have announced their closures at the end of this month due to physically being unable to afford the upkeep on the properties themselves (heating, electricity, gas etc) and those are just the ones i’m aware of because i follow them. it’s truly demoralising what 12 years of tories has done to this country.

#frustrating #2022 politics #uk politics #but it’s ok because we have a new prime minster #…that none of us voted for #and lbh even if they called a snap general election #the tories would still probably fucking win #because of this country’s class divide #:( #fuck this #cost of living crisis #liz truss #people can not survive this #austerity #12 years of tories #4th prime minister in 6 years #it’s a joke #people are dying #everyone’s depressed #you must always face the curtain with a bow

[neverendingford]

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#tag talk #watched “it follows” and I shouldn't have. didn't know it was horror going in but after a few minutes I did and I should have stopped #I'm apparently still not 100% past self-terrifying as a form of self harm. I knew I shouldn't have and I kept watching anyway #you know. most people don't know what terror is. they know fear. they know worry. they know anxiety. #terror is something different. I wish I could describe it but you really only know it when you have felt it. #that freezing up of your body. I guess some people get terror in different ways though. I freeze. others fight or flight. I just freeze. #that sense of helpless anticipation as you experience the certainty that the object of your terror is approaching. inevitably. #why fight it? you fucking can't. no matter what you do it'll always get you. it's stronger. more powerful. #hmmm. csa moment oops. I am tempted to make a joke here but I don't want to deflect from my issues. #I have trauma and I wish I didn't. I have hurt that I don't even consciously remember but my body does. #I do not have emotional trauma in the way that people have survivors guilt and feeling like it was their fault. any of those surface emotion #not calling it shallow. but like. it's like when you don't look at the needle and you don't even notice the skin prick but you feel it #you feel it hit your vein and you feel that deep body response that Something Is Not Right. #like when I got my wisdom teeth pulled and I elected to not go under for it so I was numbed but conscious for it. #part way through my body started uncontrollably shaking (well. sort of controlled. I'm good at that). #I didn't feel the pain. I wasn't afraid. but my body was feeling objective physical trauma and I had the response anyway. #I don't remember really. I don't have the surface level pain responses to the trauma. #but deep down my body knows something is wrong and I can't stop my bones from shaking even though I don't feel the pain. #hmmm. I should talk to my next therapist about this. #Lear chased off our last therapist when I was having my dissociative week after watching The Hunt. #which. tbh good riddance she was not equipped to handle us in the slightest. and we're talking to our friend/gf(?) again which is really nic #she and Lear had a few solid conversations too. which was funky cause before he snapped he didn't want anything to do with her #but we kinda had a moment where he realized he's just as fucked up as I am just differently. #anyone reading these tag talks might remember so I won't go over it again. #anyway. I'm not sleeping tonight. I think I should start taking the full pill instead of just the half. but it's just suppressing symptoms #I'm acting up because of my inner state. or maybe my inner state is tumultuous because of my outer condition? idfk #either way I'm suffering over here #not a sui risk but damn #I'm gonna finish patching the pair of pants I've been not working on for the past months