Some great photos from Getty Images (click on the arrows to see the slide show) which give a great view of the workings of democracy on “these islands” (as they say).
Mandy Hassan, an assistant area electoral officer for Antrim and mid Ulster, accompanies the ballot box on the ferry destined for Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. There are 99 voters on the island and they usually have a 80% turnout.
Update 8/6: I changed the title upon sage advice from locals. Weather concerns were not a factor.
* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist and member of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.
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Is Rathlin Island one of our secret target seats, or is it just a paper candidate ?
David
Target seats South and East Belfast.
North Antrim (NA on the ballot box) was a safe DUP seat for Iain Paisley for many years.
The constituency immediately to the north of it, visible from a lot of the north Antrim coast is Argyll and Bute, held by LibDems from 1992 to 2015. Rathlin is next door to a seat we’d like back.
Sorry Lib from 1987, so 1987-2015
For the ferry-spotters among you, MV Canna i’s a former CalMac ferry, sister ship to MV Eigg and MV Raasay.
That accounts for the Scottish island name.
Vote early, vote often…
80% of 99 voters is 79.8 voters.