{"id":22282,"date":"2019-03-27T00:47:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T23:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=22282"},"modified":"2019-03-27T00:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T23:47:38","slug":"abingdon-local-election-countdown-still-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=22282","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon &#8211; Local Election Countdown &#8211; still time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19032601.jpg\" alt=\"Local Election Countdown\" \/><br \/>\nThe district council has sent out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk\/news\/2019\/2019-03\/time-choose-who-represents-you-local-issues-make-sure-you%E2%80%99re-registered-vote-time-\">press release<\/a>: <i>Time to choose who represents you on local issues &#8211; make sure you\u2019re registered to vote in time for the local elections on May 2nd<\/i>. It includes an election countdown:<\/p>\n<p>3 April \u2013&nbsp; deadline for candidate nominations ( take <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190528232019\/http:\/\/www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk\/services-and-advice\/local-democracy\/elections\/current-and-upcoming-elections\/information-candidates-\">forms<\/a> to district council office in Milton Park &#8211; pictured above)<br \/>\n4 April \u2013 details of candidates published<\/p>\n<p>8 April &#8211; voters should receive a polling card (if registered to vote before 8th March)<br \/>\n12 April \u2013 deadline to register to vote in this election<br \/>\n15 April \u2013 deadline for applications to vote by post (5pm) &#8211; to download an application form visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/whitehorsedc.gov.uk\/elections\">whitehorsedc.gov.uk\/elections<\/a><br \/>\n19 April &#8211; voters should receive a polling card (if registered to vote from 8th March to 12 April)<br \/>\n24 April \u2013 deadline for applications to vote by proxy (5pm)<br \/>\n26 April &#8211; people expecting a postal vote should call 01235 422528 to request a replacement if it has not arrived.<\/p>\n<p>2 May \u2013 voting day (7am to 10pm)<br \/>\n3 May \u2013 election results<\/p>\n<p>Residents not already registered at their current address can do so now at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gov.uk\/register-to-vote\">gov.uk\/register-to-vote<\/a>&nbsp;or by calling 01235 422528 for a registration form. Anybody who is not sure if they are registered to vote can check by emailing elections@southandvale.gov.uk with their name and address or by calling 01235 422528.<\/p>\n<p>Abingdon residents are asked to vote for district councillors who will represent their local area and help make decisions on issues such as recycling collections, planning, housing, parking, leisure, and half the town&#8217;s play areas.<\/p>\n<p>Abingdon residents are also asked to vote for town councillors who will represent their communities on issues that affect them, by commenting on planning applications and other proposals, and maintaining the Guildhall and County Hall Museum and Market Place,&nbsp; allotments, cemeteries, and half the town&#8217;s play areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The district council has sent out a press release: Time to choose who represents you on local issues &#8211; make sure you\u2019re registered to vote in time for the local elections on May 2nd. It includes an election countdown: 3 April \u2013&nbsp; deadline for candidate nominations ( take forms to district council office in Milton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}