Want to feel enfranchised? Like you have some influence in the direction of your city? Then you need to have a say in who leads your local council.
How to get that? Well you need our guide.
Of course, only 0.01% of Birmingham residents actually get a vote. Find out more and sign the petition for a more open process.
Author: Jon Bounds
Jon was voted the ‘14th Most Influential Person in the West Midlands’ in 2008. Subsequently he has not been placed. He’s been a football referee, venetian blind maker, cellar man, and a losing Labour council candidate: “No, no chance. A complete no-hoper” said a spoilt ballot. Jon wrote and directed the first ever piece of drama performed on Twitter when he persuaded a cast including MPs and journalists to give over their timelines to perform Twitpanto. But all that is behind him.
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