Originally Posted by
CoffeeGrunt
I discovered today how awkward it is voting for the first time. You'd think that, being something we value as a country, we'd get taught how the government works, how voting works, etc, but I realised that no-one had ever told me how it works until today.
So I ended up registering for a postal vote, missing the deadline, got told I didn't actually need the card to vote, searched up my local polling booth, got there and was told it was the wrong one, got to the right one, and found out I was marked absent because I was a postal voter, and that I'd need the postal ballot in order to vote.
Said ballot was on my desk because I thought I'd not need it, and it was 6:40, I was a 30 minute cycle ride away, and the place closes at 7:00PM.
Given my apathy for the vote I just went home and felt grumpy and irritated for a bit. Seriously, I remember endless "Citizenship" lessons about not carrying knives or doing drugs, but hell if they taught you the one most important aspect of being a Citizen...