UK - You might think that come December 12, if it’s a bit cold and wet, there’s not much harm staying home. Or you might assume because you’re in a “safe” seat, there’s no point in voting. This is despite the reality that just one vote can swing an election under the First Past the Post voting system. But now, there’s another incentive: your absence will be recorded. The Electoral Commission compiles a list of voters called the marked register, which indicates which voters cast their vote and which didn’t.
The Electoral Commission compiles a list of voters called the marked register, which indicates which voters cast their vote and which didn’t. John Clancy, former Leader of Birmingham City Council and Labour Councillor for Quinton, explained in a blog for the Centre for Brexit Studies the marked register “tells those who inspect it who actually voted – and, as importantly, who actually didn’t.” Professor Clancy explained that while which way you voted remains private, the fact that you went to vote, or didn’t, is open information.
He said: “If you didn’t vote, the politicians know who you are, and they know where you live. And they may also have your phone number, once linked up with that information. This is all legal, and acceptable and regarded as part of the UK democratic process.” Professor Clancy said: “The marked register rarely lies. So when someone from a political party knocks on your door or phones you up, or sends you an email, they are likely to know a lot more about you than you might think.”
“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”
The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!
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