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June 3rd, 2009

Explaining the elections in church terms

In order to help understand the elections tomorrow I am explaining them to myself in church terms (Warning: could be badly wrong and misleading).

So, we have:

If there is a low turnout at the elections it will be because what is happening is not explained properly anywhere. The polling card that I have just discovered under the rubble of paperwork in the kitchen says that the ‘counting area’ is for ‘Basildon District Council’, but the leaflets that have come through the door all say ‘Essex County Council’. Perhaps they are one and the same, making my fourfold explanation above meaningless.

The European Elections are not mentioned at all, except in the small print. The European ballot paper is yellow – pass on this information to friends and relatives.

I am hoping that someone will explain it all to me, otherwise I will have a sleepless night.

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  1. Richard says:

    With regards to the “counting area” I believe in two tier council areas like Essex voting is organised by your district council, although you are voting at county level.

    The Church analogy somewhat breaks down in places like Berkshire, where Berkshire County Council was abolished a few years back. We just have a single unitary authority and one local councillor who is only up for election every three years so tomorrow we only get to vote for the Anglican Communion European parliament.

    June 3rd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
  2. Phil Groom says:

    All I know about the elections is that they generate lots of junk mail. It’s all gone into my recycling bin and I’m voting Green.

    June 3rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
  3. Chris Clark says:

    It seems you forgotten DCCs and PCCs.

    Clearly DCC = local elections
    PCC= County Council
    Deanery = Parliament
    Diocesan Synod = European Parliament
    General Synod = Big Brother Winner

    June 4th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
  4. John Bennett says:

    We have the Christian Party standing here. Will I be defrocked if I don’t vote for them?

    June 4th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
  5. Russ says:

    Have just voted and the local council voting form was as large as my hand, while the Euro one was as long as my arm. If that helps anyone.

    The range of candidates hoping for an MEP slot might just as well have included The Man with A Stick party, so far as I can see.

    Sad to see democracy at such a low ebb, really, particularly with resignation now the new career move …

    June 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
  6. James says:

    Just discovered when I went to the polling station that we also have a Christian party standing. They’ve not pushed anything through more door that gave me a reason to vote for them, and I can’t imagine any situation in which I’d consider such an organisation A Good Thing, so I dutifully ignored them.

    I was bought up a Methodist, so I have little understanding of Anglican hierarchy. Tell me, is the Anglican Communion effectively a powerless talking shop?

    June 4th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
  7. James says:

    Arg. “through my door”, obviously.

    June 4th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
  8. Gregory says:

    My voting form was red!!

    June 4th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
  9. Dave says:

    The Christian Party were at the CRE, but I’m afraid I didn’t go and talk to them. My own (secretly held) view is that a party of Christians probably shouldn’t be put in charge of things.

    Gregory_ I’m sorry about the mixup over the paper colours. Perhaps the photocopying department ran out of yellow.

    June 4th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
  10. TimT says:

    And people = God?

    June 10th, 2009 at 4:17 am