iCOUNCIL DISENFRANCHISEMENT	null	(FALSE)	0
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i2024-04-13	null	(FALSE)	0
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iLike much of the UK, there are local elections where I live next month. After	null	(FALSE)	0
icoming home from a week of Three Rings volunteering I found my poll card on	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe doormat. Can you spot the bleeding-obvious mistake?	null	(FALSE)	0
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IPoll card for West Oxfordshire District Council (and other) local elections on 2 May 2024 addressed to "Dan Que".	/2024/04/wodc-dan-q-poll-card-2024-05.jpg	danq.me	70
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iThis'll be the first election for which I've needed to bring photographic ID	null	(FALSE)	0
ito the polling station. That shouldn't be a problem: I have a passport and	null	(FALSE)	0
idriving license and whatnot.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iBut just to be absolutely certain, I had the local council - the same people	null	(FALSE)	0
iwho issued me the polling card! - supply me with a voter authority certificate:	null	(FALSE)	0
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IVoter Authority Certificate for "Dan Q".	/2024/04/voter-authority-certificate-dan-q.jpg	danq.me	70
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iSo now I'm in a pickle. West Oxfordshire District Council are asking me to	null	(FALSE)	0
iproduce photo ID in the wrong name when I turn up at a polling station next	null	(FALSE)	0
imonth. It doesn't even match the name on the photo ID that they themselves	null	(FALSE)	0
iissued me.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iThis would be less-infuriating were it not for the fact that they had my name	null	(FALSE)	0
iwrong in the same way on an electoral roll form they sent me in August 2022	null	(FALSE)	0
i(They'd had my name right before August 2022, including on previous poll	null	(FALSE)	0
icards; I can only assume that some human operator "corrected" it to the wrong	null	(FALSE)	0
ithing at some point.). When I contacted them to have them fix it, they	null	(FALSE)	0
ipromised that the underlying problem was solved (They didn't fix the problem	null	(FALSE)	0
iimmediately in August 2022. Initially, they demanded that I produce proof of	null	(FALSE)	0
imy change of name from "Dan Que" (which has, of course, never been my name!)	null	(FALSE)	0
ito "Dan Q", and only later backed down and admitted that they'd made a mistake	null	(FALSE)	0
iand would correct the PII they were holding about me.) so this very thing	null	(FALSE)	0
iwouldn't happen.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iAnd yet here we are.	null	(FALSE)	0
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ISign on the fence of a school playground reading, in block capitals: "Polling station for Dan Q's imaginary friends only".	/2024/04/polling-station-for-dan-qs-imaginary-friends-only.jpg	danq.me	70
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iHopefully they'll be able to fix their records promptly or else I guess I'll	null	(FALSE)	0
ihave to apply for a proxy vote, to allow the ballot of my imaginary friend	null	(FALSE)	0
i"Dan Que" to be cast by me, Dan Q, instead.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iAnd if that isn't the most bizarre form of election fraud you've ever heard	null	(FALSE)	0
iof, I don't know what is.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iUpdate: True to their word, the council had managed to correct their records	null	(FALSE)	0
iby the time I reached the polling station this morning. It's still a little	null	(FALSE)	0
iannoying that they somehow mucked it up in the first place, but I appreciate	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe efficiency with which they corrected their mistake.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iLINKS	null	(FALSE)	0
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hThree Rings	URL:https://www.threerings.org.uk/	(FALSE)	0
1Update	/posts/council-disenfranchisement	danq.me	70
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