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Having your votein the General Election
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What is voting?
• The people that run the country are
called politicians or Members of
Parliament (MPs)
• They meet in a building called the‘Houses of Parliament’ in London
• They make important decisions that
can affect people’s lies
• !o you kno" "hat things are
affected by their decisions#
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What is voting?
• Politicians are elected
• This means that people get to
decide "hich politicians they"ould like to run the country
• This is called an election
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What is voting?
• $n an election you can ote
• %ou can decide "hich
politicians run the country byoting
• &oting is one of the best "ays
for people to say "hat matters
to them and be listened too by
people in po"er
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What is voting?
• Politicians are usually part of a
political party
• There are lots of different political
parties• They all hae their o"n ideas about
ho" to run the country
• %ou can also ote for people "ho arenot part of a political party' they are
called ‘independent candidates’
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What is voting?
• an you name some of the main political
parties#
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How to vote
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How to vote
• Months before an election' a formgets sent to eery house to fill in thenames of the people liing there
• 1hen you send back the form yourdetails are put on the ‘electoralregister ’ . this means you "ill beable to ote
• 2nce you hae registered' a formcomes back eery year to check youare still there
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How to vote
• 2n 4 May' you can ote in
person at a polling station or $y
pro%y, This means appointing
someone you trust to ote on
your behalf,
• 2r' before then you can ote by
post
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&esources to help
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&esources to help
• The 0lectoral ommission hasalso got a really helpful guide"hich says "hat support and helpLocal uthorities should gie tohelp people "ith disabilities toote
• This can be things like support togo to the oting station and markthe ballot paper
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Getting support locally
• 1hat might help your local area#
• $n Hartlepool' "e are supportingthe Partnership -oard to run a
%our &ote session• 1e "ill also be helping them run a
‘hustings’ meeting "here local
candidates from different parties "ill come to tell people about theirpolicies and ans"er 5uestions
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