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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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