FuzzyBear Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Reports of queues of 25 mins at a polling station in Linlithgow and folk leaving before voting due to the awful weather. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Time to make the greatest football/voting crossover joke that is exclusively reserved for Election Day: ”Hearing Greg Taylor* has been unable to vote this morning as he canny put a cross in the box” *please feel free to replace with a terrible footballer from your own rival club 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 ^^^You'll get a free IKEA style pencil at voting place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: Is it actually possible for the fedora fuckwit to get in with 20k votes? I noticed that the LibDems got one on the list with 15k in 2011. Yes. In the South of Scotland in 2017, the SNP won their third list seat with an adjusted ~17k votes. So anyone getting 20k+ is almost guaranteed a seat, unless something particularly weird happens. Edited May 6, 2021 by The Master 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Master said: Yes. In the South of Scotland in 2017, the SNP won their third list seat with an adjusted ~17k votes. So anyone getting 20k+ is almost guaranteed a seat, unless something particularly weird happens. I was convinced that there aren't enough idiots to vote him in but now I'm not so sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, The Master said: Since this is the first time I'll be taking my own, what's everyone else's X-ing implement of choice? A slightly blunt classic yellow and black Staedtler HB pencil is looking quite appealing just now. The only pens I have in the house - or at least, that I can find - are of the ballpoint variety and I just don't want to take the risk of going right through the paper while making a clear and solid mark. I took a black biro but as they were handing out free pencils I took one of those to vote SNP / Greens (will be handy for the gowf later....although probably putting score into phone rather than card these days) Polling Station was very busy and had to queue to get in (not done that since I joined a queue about 50 people long at 7am on 18th Sept 2014) Disappointing thing was that virtually all other voters were pensioners....hope the youngsters come out in numbers later. I recall stating that it was mad holding the 2019 General Election in mid-December - fearing a low turnout due to weather..........then saw this from today.......it's madness holding an election in May !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Heading out shortly, not voting anyone on the Constituency but will vote Green on the list. This is my first time voting in Glasgow, had a couple of calls with the "incumbent" SNP MSP for Glasgow Shettleston over winter with regards my concerns surrounding Covid, seemed fine enough but a quick google of his views gives me a lot of concerns, so all my hopes rest with good guy Paddy Harvie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 SNP/Green. Did not take my own pencil. I believe my lesser half is voting Green/SNP later 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 31 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Didn't actually think to take my own pen. Is this being encouraged? I haven't voted yet so will take a pen in case. They had a wee tub of IKEA pencils in Glasgow's leafy southside this morning. Spoiled my ballot for the constituency and voted Green on the list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, GordonS said: That's one of the things that pisses me off about the regional vote being called the 2nd vote. They're both first votes. The SNP are pretty much certain to win every seat in Glasgow and are very, very unlikely to get anyone off the list as a result. They got 45% on the list last time and didn't get any list MSPs. The Greens could get two on the list in Glasgow this time, at the expense of unionist parties, so if you're thinking of maybe going that way it's a much more worthwhile vote. ETA I just checked, and last time the Tories got the final regional seat in Glasgow, taking two with 11.9% of the vote while the Greens got one with 9.4%. If the Greens beat the Tories they'll likely take a seat from them. Thanks for that, I did go SNP/Greens in the end. I was quite pleasantly surprised that my parents voted SNP as well though my dad seems to have voted for the Alba party on the list but it could have been worse, they had always been Labour most of their lives. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 27 minutes ago, The Master said: Yes. In the South of Scotland in 2017, the SNP won their third list seat with an adjusted ~17k votes. So anyone getting 20k+ is almost guaranteed a seat, unless something particularly weird happens. If he does get in the only consolation would be the fact he'd be forced to finally take off that fucking hat to reveal a scalp that looks like an albino elephants scrotum. He'll get up to make an impassioned speech on something and everyone will just be pointing and stifling chuckles at his weird, vitamin D deprived bonce. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 SNP/Green. Did not take my own pencil. I believe my lesser half is voting Green/SNP later What a pointless vote by your lesser half. Tell her to flip that and her vote might count 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Just now, John Lambies Doos said: 12 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: SNP/Green. Did not take my own pencil. I believe my lesser half is voting Green/SNP later What a pointless vote by your lesser half. Tell her to flip that and her vote might count Doesn't really matter if her vote counts. That's who she wants to vote for. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 50 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: Is it actually possible for the fedora fuckwit to get in with 20k votes? I noticed that the LibDems got one on the list with 15k in 2011. Is that a dog whistle? There's no orange ballot paper, it's peach. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: I was convinced that there aren't enough idiots to vote him in but now I'm not so sure. I'd think same issue as UKIP had - there's more than enough idiots, but not that geographically concentrated. Fermers and rugby tho, who knows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 There was no Alba emblem on my list ballot, despite most of the other parties having one next to the party name. Is this part of the bias against this wonderful party? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: There was no Alba emblem on my list ballot, despite most of the other parties having one next to the party name. Is this part of the bias against this wonderful party? The Alba Party emblem looks like a big "X". Maybe it's banned. f**k knows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, GordonS said: Is that a dog whistle? There's no orange ballot paper, it's peach. Purple and orange? Hmmm... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, GordonS said: Is that a dog whistle? There's no orange ballot paper, it's peach. Aye I noticed his 'cunning colour blindness' subliminal tactics. #staunch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, speckled tangerine said: The Alba Party emblem looks like a big "X". Maybe it's banned. f**k knows. I've read conflicting things, one saying that it was banned because it looks too much like a Saltire - you're not allowed to just use national flags as your logo - but I've also read that they missed the registration deadline for logos and slogans on the ballot papers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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