[Physstaff] European Union Referendum et al.

[Simon Preval]

Hello everyone

As far as possible, academics and Universities aim to be apolitical. 
However,
we now have two major elections coming up, namely the Scottish 
Parliamentary
Elections, and a referendum on whether Britain remains a member of the
European Union, or walks away.

The purpose of this email is NOT to tell you how to vote, or who to 
support.
The purpose is to tell you to go out and vote. Unfortunately, this has
recently become more complicated due to a change in legislation with 
regards
to voter registration. Historically, a form was sent to households, and 
all you
did was enter your details, and send it back to the local council.

Now, you are required to register online in order to be able to vote. 
Failure to
do so will see you kicked off the electoral register. The deadline for 
registration
should you wish to vote in the Scottish Parliamentary Election is the 
18TH APRIL.
For the European Union Referendum, it is the 7TH JUNE. The link to 
register is
below.

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Thank you for reading, and I hope these voting events go your way!

Cheers

Simon

-- 
Dr Simon Preval
Department of Physics
University of Strathclyde
John Anderson Building
107 Rottenrow East
Glasgow
G4 0NG

email: simon.preval at strath.ac.uk