Denied the right to vote in Manchester!

[heatflash888]

When so many are voting by post, it makes you wonder why there was a problem higher turn out or not. Are all these postal votes genuine?

[gabbyscott101]

@2frey84 they don't let people vote after 10 for a reason. The same reason there has to be regulations surrounding voting. Before you start making vague complaints about the political situation in the uk think about the fundamental and obvious facts, dickhead.

[gabbyscott101]

You had 12 hours to get there and vote. If it meant so much to you then you would have MADE time during the day. What did you EXPECT to happen when you turned up last minute!?

[jonathannewbrook]

I wish my polling station was this busy! I was sooo bored waiting for people to come in.

Why would you leave if someone told you to? You have a right to vote as long as you're in the room between 7am and 10pm.

[jonathannewbrook]

@jonathannewbrook oops, I think those outside were turned away, my bad. :(

[MasterTenku]

don't turn up just before closing then dickhead. If you really cared you would have been down at the polling station the moment it opened, they are close to your house for a reason.

[2frey84]

and we the UK have the stuck up cheek to tell other countiries like kenya and ghana how they should have their elections, pfft, when in the UK elections run out of ballot papers and dont let people vote after 10pm , oh what pathetic snobs we are

[TheLyther]

should have come earlier.

[matteo84800]

It's a disgrace for the UK.

[KLAVO571]

le système d'élection britannique n'est déjà pas totalement démocratique (avec le bipartisme entre Labour et Tories) mais avec ça en plus ! Ne manque que les machines électroniques pour que toute l'Angleterre cesse d'être une démocratie.

[vitacit]

one day you british will die out due to your traditions... e.g. elections on thursday. working day. no wonder there were queues in late evening. change the system, vote on saturday as the other countries do.

[Chucky1aPlay]

I can't see why they couldn't ask for volunteers to go along the queue checking if valid voter and give each a vote slip then another collect the votes. Would of cleared the queue in no time before 10 pm,

[meziguessese]

Pourquoi voter? Pour mettre les bourgeois qui vous exploitent au pouvoir? N'avez-vous pas compris, avec l'actuelle crise économique, qu'ils veulent tous nous dominer et nous voler?

A TOUS LES PEUPLES D'EUROPE : NE VOTEZ PLUS!!! DON'T VOTE!!!

[thecorptube1]

too many blacks jumping the queue was to blame

[TheSunzuki1983]

I couldn't be bothered to get to the polling station either during their 14 and a half hours they were opened for. So like all of these people I want to be able to vote when I want to vote, Because life is all about me.

[eerie87]

I got to my polling station in south london at 7:40 and had to queue for 1hr20mins......was quite a shock

[darkpauley]

lol @ vagabond.. "thtz wat i was thinking..

[DEFJamBaby]

Seriously... how is this possible? Why is nobody talking about a re-run?? You can't just have hundreds of people in a DEMOCRATIC country being denied the right to vote?

[hixies5]

DEMOCRATIC ??

[afel62]

When the oldest democracy does not work, I can only conclude: the system is sick. A conscious rebellion is urgently needed.

[ThThThThThThaMan]

Finished work at 9,

Got to my polling station at 9:58pm just as they were closing the doors literally (good thing the bus came when it did). They actually started counting down the seconds which was distracting me as I barely had time and concentration to find the candidates. I was the second to last person to put my voting slips in the boxes. What an experience for my 1st time vote, never again will I cut it so close to the wire. As for the poor people in this video...

...An injustice.

[ginaswo]

thats terrible! sorry to hear that.

[VagabondRising]

Is that a woman moonwalking at 1:03?

[reinholdbehringer]

thanks for posting!

This is a real shame for a democracy.

[The2010CALI]

This is Caroline Wheeler; just checking that you recieved my email? Thanks again x

[zippygeorgeandben]

I would send this clip to SKY news if I was you.

[victuswolf]

If you get to the polling station before 10pm you should be able to vote. Period.

No one knows how busy a polling station will be till they get there and there is no warning on the card saying "turn up with plenty of time to spare"

When i went to vote at my local station around 8:40 there was no one there but the staff. It took me about 60 secs to get in, place my vote and leave. If i had turned up at one of the stations in manchester i might have been turned away!

[harry2cool99]

owned! lol i went at 11am

[grimeboy]

@harry2cool99 Some people have jobs, ya bum.

[harry2cool99]

@grimeboy  Student ftw

[94070]

Vote by post...?!

[killgroup]

I think it's horrible that people have been unable to vote in what is supposed to be a 'democratic' country.

[yatsa]

Rules are rules, but I do agree with ty calibre, 1 register , regular high turn out to vote, the local authority got it wrong on this one

[darkpauley]

FLopp!!!

"cool vid tho, n yep saw it on the news too.. lol :)

[tycalibre]

Listen right at the start. One register. Ridiculous.

[Trialia]

Seems very weird to me - I live within the boundaries of Ardwick ward, and it was nowhere NEAR this busy. I went in at 6pm and I didn't have to queue at all. Why did everyone come in right before the deadline? Daft thing to do in a ward you know is a big one!

[belter321123]

anyone who turned up before 10pm should be allowed to vote! end of. there's no way 200 plus would have all turned up after 10. the officers at this station need to have a word with themselves. its not difficult to organise is it? whats your number, tick you off the list, here's your paper, cross a box, see you next time!

[Stephneh89]

I got my vote, but it's still ridiculous.

It shouldn't matter about what time you go, or what you did with your day.

The card states '-10pm'. So personally, if you want to go at 9:45pm you should be entitled to go in and get your vote. There should have been more people there, knowing full well how many people live in Fallowfield; that's the issue. Not what time people choose to vote.

[tycalibre]

They didn't have to be working late, the queues were so bad you idiot.

[dannij77]

working, then cooking and cleaning, looking after my family. I went at 5.30pm there was a very long que and then went back at 7ish and then went back at 9.30 only to be turned away at 10pm with about 100 still waiting in front of me!!!

If u like I can give u a full break down of my day from 6am when I first go up until 10pm at the end of the day more resources should have been put into place to enable us to be able to vote.

[yatsa]

@dannij77 are you moregeous?

[dannij77]

@yatsa No do I need to be?

[yatsa]

@dannij77 not really, but you can be if you want!

[Moregeous]

@dannij77 Can you call Steve Blears fro Five Live on 07764 335729, he wants to speak to people who were at Fallowfield last night x

[yatsa]

Moregeous... where were you from 7am - 10 pm, just interested that's all?

[jonahprs]

You can't tell me this lot were all working late?! They had all sodding day to vote!! Tough. Better luck next time.

[Stephneh89]

If you turn up before 10 you should be allowed to vote!

I queued for an hour there. People who went there at half 9 weren't expecting such a huge queue.

Four voting booths is just not enough for Fallowfield, with so many people living there.

[Moregeous]

@Stephneh89 Can you call Steve Blears fro Five Live on 07764 335729, he wants to speak to people who were at Fallowfield last night x

[bigbold2]

The old British "let's go do something only when everyone else is" approach. From what I've been seeing, most polling stations were like ghost towns this morning :-)

Girl at the end was pretty cute in a Helen Baxendale kinda way though. Give her a hug someone.

[53rere]

its a joke really isnt it?

i wud of thought if they saw you had been there 4 an hour they cud refer you to another station, i went to one in Hulme which was pretty quiet. but i dont really know the policies behind doing that :/

Bad times... further investigation will have to take place!

[shoodybonger]

You've had bloody 15 HOURS to vote what bollocks excuse have you got for not being better prepared'

[53rere]

@shoodybonger i guess some people just have lives!

[yatsa]

they knew the times 7am to 10pm, its just unfortunate so many left it late.. it happens, rules are rules

they were not denied just unlucky

[koorosh89]

Saw on itv news

LOL AWSOME

[georgepregan]

itv news mutherfuker

[TrimFlinders]

what song was that you used? (someone always has to ask ;-)... gj on the video. Props for catching the best looking woman on election coverage so far....

[DWFE1a]

People had 15 hours to vote!!!!!

[brettseeney]

I dont know much about this whole situation, but surely people were made aware in advance of the times for voting?

[panna11191]

this is an absolute disgrace and typical. months to prepare for this but yet ppl being denied their right to vote here but down in lewisham the polls are still open??? WTF?? there shld be consistency everywhere

[xXxrawfxXx]

nice. Good vid. ty for sharing. =]

[dfmuk1]

saw this vid on ITV news

[niallyboi08]

this vid was on itv news lol

[Harryengland2407]

ha, worldwide fame!

[JamieCooper24]

On ITV  nice!!

[DWFE1a]

Yep...just seen on tv!!

[PoliceMadAd]

Your vid is on BBC News :D

[PoliceMadAd]

@PoliceMadAd I'm getting my channels mixed up :L

[AdamGroveOnline]

ITV NEWS!

[PoliceMadAd]

@AdamGroveOnline We're so sad commenting what we just did :L

[AdamGroveOnline]

@PoliceMadAd I know :L:L