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Added:  He also taught me "if you don't vote, then you can't complain!"   

That has always been my response whenever anyone says they never bother to vote.

Prior to the Brexit vote I got into conversation with a young man at the bus stop, he felt his vote would not make any difference. When I explained that abstaining meant he gave up any right to complain if things didn't go the way he wanted, also that every vote counted, he understood my point and said he would vote in future.

I saw him again after the election, he told me he had voted and persuaded his friends to do so as well.

I think some people think the lack of on vote won't make any difference, but if everyone thought that way there would be no point in having elections. What a state the world would be in then.

I have always voted, even when living abroad I had a proxy vote. I also acted as proxy for my son and DIL when they were living abroad.

We only have to vote for the Police Commissioner this time, I made sure my vote was posted last week.

Anyone having trouble accessing freebmd today? I keep getting:

503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request.

I’m getting the same.

It’s quite possible that the Enumerator made a mistake in the name when transferring the information to his book from the household schedule. You don’t know who filled out the schedule, it could have been someone other than the father or mother..  I have come across instances where that has happened.  There is always the possibility or errors in transcriptions.

Thanks Sarah and Trystan, everything seems to be running normally again.