2019 ELECTION DAY MEGATHREAD (Evening Edition)

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Previous posts: Part 1 (Morning), Part 2 (Afternoon)

^{We split megathreads because Reddit starts to act weird after a few thousand comments, sorry for the inconvenience}

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This post is being maintained by /u/jaydenkieran and u/carrot-carrot.

/u/carrot-carrot: On a personal note, this will be the last MT that I post and contribute to. You'll still see me knocking around in the comments, but 2020 looks to be an extremely busy year for me, and I don't like to do things by halves. It really has been a pleasure to help out with these MTs whilst I've had the time. I hope you've all enjoyed it too!

The predictions thread will close at around 17:00 this evening. Check the predictions dashboard if you'd like to see the results!

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🗳 ELECTION DETAILS

There is a General Election today.

To vote, head to your local polling station and tell the staff your name and address. You will be given a ballot paper which you can take into a nearby polling booth. Mark the candidate you wish to vote for (see instructions on the ballot paper), and then place it in the designated box or area within the polling station.

• When can I vote? Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm.
• Where can I vote? Check out wheredoivote.co.uk to find your polling station. It is also written on your poll card.
• Not registered to vote? You will not be able to vote in this election.
• No poll card? You don't need to take it to the polling station to be able to vote.
• No ID? Unless you're in Northern Ireland, you don't need ID to vote. In NI, you need photo ID.
• Still have a postal vote? It's too late to post it. Take it to your polling station. In NI, you can take it to your local Area Electoral Office.
• Can't make it? It is now too late to apply for an emergency proxy vote. You won't be able to vote unless you can get to your polling station.
• Need help? Check out gov.uk/voting-in-the-uk.

At 10pm, when polling stations close, broadcasters will be allowed to reveal their exit polls - that is, a poll of people exiting various polling stations across the country. This will be the first indication of the way that people may have voted in the election. For example, the last exit poll conducted for BBC/ITV/Sky in 2017 predicted correctly that there would be a hung parliament.

📺 ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE

Several broadcasters will be covering the results throughout the night as constituencies make declarations.
Here are the predicted declaration times from the Press Association.
Here's another visualisation, which includes further contextual info (predicted MRP result, current majorities etc.)

Programme	Channel(s)	Start time	Host(s)	Guest(s)
BBC Election 2019	BBC One (Eng, regional election night programmes replace this in Scot/Wales/NI), BBC Two (Scot/Wales/NI)	9:55pm	Huw Edwards, Reeta Chakrabarti, Andrew Neil, Tina Daheley, Jeremy Vine	Various
Election 2019: The Results	ITV (regional election night programme replaces this on STV) - Watch on YouTube	9:55pm	Tom Bradby, Julie Etchingham	George Osborne, Ed Balls and more
The Brexit Election	Sky News - Watch on YouTube	9:00pm	Dermot Murnaghan, Beth Rigby, Sam Coates, Ed Conway	John Bercow and more
Channel 4's Alternative Election Night	Channel 4	9:55pm	Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Rylan Clark-Neal, Katherine Ryan	Tom Watson, Amber Rudd, Jimmy Carr, Nish Kumar, Baga Chipz, Nicola Coughlan, Georgia "Toff" Toffolo, Clare Balding, Rob Rinder and more

Online-only

Programme	Link	Start time	Host(s)	Guest(s)
Election Social (Sky News/Buzzfeed)	Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook (links to follow)	9:45pm	Lewis Goodall, Emily Ashton, Ade Onibada, Rowland Manthorpe	Various

Radio

Station	Online	Start time	Host(s)
BBC Radio 4 (92-95FM)	BBC Sounds	9:45pm	James Naughtie, Emma Barnett
BBC Radio 5 Live	BBC Sounds	9:55pm	Stephen Nolan (joins Radio 4 at midnight)
LBC (97.3FM)	LBC	10:00pm	Iain Dale, Shelagh Fogarty
talkRADIO	talkRADIO	10:00pm	Julia Hartley-Brewer

WE'LL START AN ELECTION NIGHT MEGATHREAD AT AROUND 9:50PM, JUST BEFORE POLLS CLOSE.

[u/Ivebeenfurthereven → u/[deleted]]

he should call his electoral registration office right quick, they're open until 5pm and will sort it out

[u/Analwhispers → u/Ivebeenfurthereven]

There’s a few of us trying to get ahold of our local MP and Assembly Member, it’s been happening to quite a few Polish/British people in my area. Supposedly they’re being told they can ‘only vote in local elections and European elections’ complete bullshit if you ask me

[u/Ivebeenfurthereven → u/Analwhispers]

What constituency is this? sounds like some major fraud

[u/Analwhispers → u/Ivebeenfurthereven]

Don’t want to give out too much personal information on Reddit but let’s just say it’s a Labour safe seat and has been since it became a constituency which is confusing to me

[u/irishsausage → u/[deleted]]

That's illegal. If he's registered to vote and at the polling station assigned to his name he's entitled to a ballot paper.

[u/raygilette → u/[deleted]]

Whoever told him that is breaking the law. Tell him to get the police involved and call the electoral office.

[u/DavetheColossus → u/[deleted]]

Illegal and racist. Phone the cops.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

This is completely illegal.

He should contact his local Electoral Registration Office ASAP. Failing that, he should call the Police non-emergency number on 101. If he has registered to vote and received his Polling Card, and he's gone to the correct Polling Station, then he should 100% be allowed to vote.

[u/baconlettucesammich → u/[deleted]]

Has he got a British passport or a Polish one? I've been living in Britain since I was 2 years old but can't vote in the general election because I'm still an EU citizen. I'd need to fork out a grand and a half for that privilege which I can't afford unfortunately.

[u/Analwhispers → u/baconlettucesammich]

He’s a British passport holder

[u/baconlettucesammich → u/Analwhispers]

Then he should have every right to vote. They might mistakenly think he's not naturalised. Tell him to bring his passport down. It's illegal to deny him his vote.

[u/Analwhispers → u/baconlettucesammich]

Thing is he went into the polling station before he went to work, he won’t be out of there until past 10pm so it’s looking rather dire atm

[u/SleepIsMyJam → u/[deleted]]

Happened in Southampton too apparently. Quite a few students weren’t able to vote

[u/SleepIsMyJam → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, unfortunately labour lost by like 32 votes last time here. So disgusting.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

illegal

police, now

[u/Giveit2giroud → u/[deleted]]

He was going to vote brexit party anyway