Personal Finance for Residents of Japan
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I actually found it quite easy to sign up for and I got an almost an immediate reply from my local council. When a general election is called you are quite dependent on the efficiency of the local council to get your ballot paper sent out and to you to send it back within the four to six week campaign.CluelessToshika wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:18 am After an afternoon wrestling inconclusively with another section of the gov.uk website in another matter, I tried signing up for this and got a reference number, so that's one partial win for today at least. Not exactly a marginal constituency so not sure how much weight the vote will have, but better than nothing.
Yup, the voter registration was easy enough to sign up for (it was the passport bit which was causing me headaches).Wales4rugbyWC23 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:13 pm I actually found it quite easy to sign up for and I got an almost an immediate reply from my local council.
Democracy in action... Still, at least there's a fighting chance of getting a vote in.Wales4rugbyWC23 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:13 pm When a general election is called you are quite dependent on the efficiency of the local council to get your ballot paper sent out and to you to send it back within the four to six week campaign.
Which is impressively fast and hassle-free, as such things go.I am writing to confirm that I have received your overseas declaration. You will be registered as an overseas
elector for Twiddledum-on-the-Bypass Constituency until 01-Nov-2026
Whaaat? I did mine the day it became available, crickets from NE DerbyshireCluelessToshika wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:54 am Registered on Sunday, confirmation from the responsible local authority came through just now:
Which is impressively fast and hassle-free, as such things go.I am writing to confirm that I have received your overseas declaration. You will be registered as an overseas
elector for Twiddledum-on-the-Bypass Constituency until 01-Nov-2026
Potential parliamentary candidate for the Retire Japan party for NE Derbyshire.RetireJapan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:53 amWhaaat? I did mine the day it became available, crickets from NE DerbyshireCluelessToshika wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:54 am Registered on Sunday, confirmation from the responsible local authority came through just now:
Which is impressively fast and hassle-free, as such things go.I am writing to confirm that I have received your overseas declaration. You will be registered as an overseas
elector for Twiddledum-on-the-Bypass Constituency until 01-Nov-2026
Since an administrative error at Vale of Twiddledum Water resulted in caffeine rather than fluoride being added to the water supply, things happen very fast in Twiddledum.RetireJapan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:53 amWhaaat? I did mine the day it became available, crickets from NE DerbyshireCluelessToshika wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:54 am Registered on Sunday, confirmation from the responsible local authority came through just now:
Which is impressively fast and hassle-free, as such things go.I am writing to confirm that I have received your overseas declaration. You will be registered as an overseas
elector for Twiddledum-on-the-Bypass Constituency until 01-Nov-2026