This is a non-partisan public service announcement.

Any residents of Greater London who, for whatever reason, are not yet
registered to vote and wish to do so in the forthcoming elections for
the Mayor of London and the Greater London Assembly on 1st May "must
register by midnight 16th April 2008"...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/03/25/how_to_vote_feature.shtm...

In practice I'd think this means that anyone wishing to do a last
minute registration needs to visit the office of their borough's
Electoral Registration Officer tomorrow *in person* during their
office opening hours.

Note that as well as British & Commonwealth citizens, as this is a
local election it is also open to citizens of EU member states who
live in Greater London.

More info at the 'London Elects' website here:
http://www.londonelects.org.uk/registering_to_vote.aspx

This thread will now descend into partisan bickering... (and I ain't
going to get involved!).

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Mizter T wrote:

GO BRIAN, GO BRIAN, GO BRIAN, GO BRIAN GO!

Awww.

tom

"Mizter T" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ef45c087-5e6c-43ef-a8f2-a89dc10f238d@b5g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23478225-details/Don%%27t+throw+away...

An important read, this - seems it's pointless voting for anyone other
than Ken or Boris!

Ian

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Ian F. wrote:

Well, not quite. But it's pointless using your *second* vote for anyone
other than Ken or Boris, or using it at all if your first vote is for Ken
or Boris - assuming that it's Ken and Boris who make it through to the
second round, that is.

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0804152047110.10133@urchin.earth.li...

Got it.

Well, I had no idea that that was the position - and I'm *really*,
*really* clever. ;-)

But now I know...well then, it's just the one vote for me.

Ian

On Apr 15, 7:42 pm, "Ian F." googlemail.com> wrote:

Terrible piece from Gilligan (quelle surprise). He implies that it
won't make a blind bit of difference whether Ken-or-Boris wins on
first-preference votes or second preference votes.

This is rubbish. If the first-round outcome were 33 Ken / 33 Boris /
32 Brian / 2 nutters, and the second-run outcome were 51 Boris / 40
Ken / 9 nobody, then this would make a massive difference to the three
parties' positions, strategies, and behaviour over the next few years
- both in London and nationwide - compared to a first-round outcome of
51 Boris / 40 Ken / 7 Brian (with no second preferences cast) / 2
nutters. But the final outcome would be the same.

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:48:40 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

"James Farrar" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1lia04hb0ic5aolli591ags1f7stbqe0c0@4ax.com...

But it will be.

Ian

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:57:21 +0100, "Ian F."
googlemail.com> wrote:

Almost certainly.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, James Farrar wrote: