{"id":11569,"date":"2025-01-02T13:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T13:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/?page_id=11569"},"modified":"2025-03-18T10:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:03:02","slug":"why-some-residents-will-be-voting-in-the-elections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/elections-and-voting\/your-vote-is-your-voice\/why-some-residents-will-be-voting-in-the-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Why some Devon residents will be voting in the election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hear why some Devon residents will be voting<\/h1><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Hear why some residents will be voting in the Devon County Council elections <\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header>

As a woman I feel it\u2019s important to vote, seeing how we fought so hard for the right to.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

I think of voting as a chance to be part of helping make Devon a better place to live. It means I can have a say on the things that are important to me that affect my local community and Devon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

I\u2019ll be voting in May because I\u2019m having my first baby this year. Parents can make a big difference to their children\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

If you want to say about what happens in your area, you should vote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Local councillors make decisions that affect our day to day lives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

I\u2019ll be voting in May because I\u2019m having my first baby this year. Parents can make a big difference to their children\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

It\u2019s important that all sections of society are represented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Everyone has a vote and their vote counts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>

I\u2019m voting for better opportunities to work and live in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ><\/span>","protected":false},"author":1801,"featured_media":0,"parent":11406,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-02 14:12:32","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11985,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11569\/revisions\/11985"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}