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11 November

Dundee University Students' Association Confirmed as Polling Station

Dundee University Student's Association (DUSA) and the Student Executive are pleased to officially confirm that after a successful campaign Dundee City Council has approved their premises as an official polling station for local residents.

The polling station will first be used during the elections for the European Parliament in May 2014 and will continue to be used for all elections to the local council, Holyrood and Westminster over the coming years.

DUSA will also be used as a polling station for the historic Independence Referendum which will be held in September 2014.

DUSA President Iain MacKinnon said, 'This is fantastic news for DUSA. We've always campaigned to increase student engagement in politics at all levels, from the local to the international, and having a polling station right here in our building will hopefully get more students to register to vote and cast their ballots on the day.

'We have been running a very successful political campaign all year which has included debates involving senior politicians, surgeries with local representatives and our own student council elections. This is great news which will only serve to push DUSA to campaign even further in the upcoming months and years. The first election which we will be a part of will be in May and this will be an excellent way to end a successful year of campaigning.'

The polling station will be situated in the Level 2 reception area of DUSA, meaning that anyone entering the building on a voting day will walk past, hopefully encouraging those who have not registered to vote to do so.

The catchment area for this polling station will consist of that which previously fell under the catchment area of Park Place, which includes campus-based student halls of residences as well as some local households.


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