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Sheffield’s Red Deer Offers a Free Pint for Polling Card

August 20, 2020 Blog No Comments

A Sheffield pub is offering drinkers a free pint if they register to vote, as part of a national scheme.

The city centre’s Red Deer, on Pitt Street, is taking part in the national ‘Vote This Year Get Free Beer’ scheme.
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The scheme was originally started in a Bristol pub for the 2016 EU referendum and is now a nationwide programme. This is the first time that the Red Deer has been involved.

Licensee, Jake Nickels, said despite the cost to the pub it’s a price well worth paying:

“It will cost money, but it will cost more if people don’t get involved. The cost is no issue compared to the greater good.”

52 pubs across the UK are offering a free pint, or equivalent drink, for customers who can prove that they are registered.

“If you look at past couple of elections there’s not been a good representation of society,” he said.

The drive is targeting 18-24 year olds, where voter turnout in previous elections has been low.

A free drink for showing that you have registered to vote.

At the 2015 general election, only 43% of people in that group voted.

Registered voters need to bring in an email confirmation of their voter registration, or alternatively their polling card with voter registration ID.

33-year-old Nickels, who has run the pub for seven years, said:

“Your vote does count, feeling apathetic does make you feel like your voice isn’t going to be heard. Register and it will be.”

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