The Day of the Election (Polling Day)
1. Why is it necessary that voters should be registered before Polling Day? 2. How long are Polling stations open on Polling Day? 3. What does the inside of a Polling station look like? 4. How does a Polling Clerk check the names of the voters? 5. What does he hand to the voters? 6. What is a ballot box for?
Ex. 28. Read the article from the "Morning Star", answer the questions, using the vocabulary of the lesson, and discuss it. I'VE JOINED THE PARTY WTOCH FIGHTS FOR SOCIALISM by Norman Munnery The struggle of the miners and the Upper Clyde workers has shown that by determination and working-class solidarity, the actions of those whose only concern is personal greed**, can be effectively checked. During the past 11 years of Labour Party membership, I have seen the disappointment of the few true Socialists who struggle to change its bourgeois ideology to one of Marxism Leninism. Their efforts, I am sure, could be better spent organising within the Communist Party. For this past year as a member of the Labour group on the Brighton Council I have been constantly struggling against the reactionary elements controlling that group. Time and again I have had to vote for motions that betray hopes of the working class by their revisionism, while Marxist ideology has been suppressed. From out of this personal struggle has come an increasing awareness of the role of the Communist Party, not only in the constituencies and in the factories, but also within the student movement of which I am part. Having recognised this, I have been able to join those comrades who have dedicated themselves* to the Socialist struggle as opposed to a political career which has nothing to do with the true needs of the working class. I shall continue to represent my electors as a member of Brighton Council and in doing so hope that I can influence the ideology of the Labour group. The working-class movement is growing in strength, with victories behind us we are confident of greater victories ahead. (Abridged)
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