VOTE SNP

The City of Elderslie recently held a bi-election for a council seat. The incumbent passed away, which left the seat open, and the SNP campaigned hard to get one last council victory before the Parliamentary elections in May. Rich and I spent some time at headquarters sending mailings out for Douglas Chapman, the campaign manager. He decided it would be a good idea to send some interns out to help, so Nichole, Liz, Rich and I rented a car and headed out to do some campaigning. After a longer-than-necessary drive (we got lost... whose idea was it to send the Americans out on their own…? oh well) we arrived and went to the polling station. We met some good SNP supporters. The candidate, Tracie was upbeat and anxious – she ended up losing by about 50 votes, but the SNP gained 12% on Labour. We also met a gentleman that has been campaigning for the SNP for 30 years. He gets out the loudspeaker and records his voice saying, ‘It’s Time For Change, Vote SNP’ and driving around town letting everyone know. Much of the last minute campaigning was making sure the SNP supporters got out to vote. In a bi-election, every vote counts.