Owen Temple

Liberal Democrat District and County Councillor for Consett North and campaigner in Consett, Blackhill & Shotley Bridge

Less than 5 hrs to go till polls close

With less than five hours to go before polling stations close at 10.00 p.m., there’s still everything to play for.

By 4 o’clock, after nine hours of voting time, only around 10% of the whole electoral roll had cast their votes in a ballot box at a polling station. Of course, lots of people have yet to go and vote after work, and lots more have already cast their votes by post, but here are three things to think about if you haven’t voted yet.

1) If turnout is low, just a few votes could swing it. Please don’t let yours be the missing vote that would have made the difference.

2) If you have a postal vote that you haven’t sent in, you can still make it count by completing it, sealing it, and delivering it to your local polling station.

3) If you’ve lost your poll card, don’t worry. You are entitled to vote with or without a poll card, so long as you are listed on the electoral roll. Just tell the clerk who you are and where you live.

Please use your vote.

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