Dogs at polling stations are the best thing about the UK election
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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
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A voter leaves with their dog after casting their vote at a polling station in Brighton on December 12, 2019.
Credit: Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images
It's UK general election day, and — if you're able to — you should absolutely get out there and vote.
But be sure to take your canine companion with you when you do.
The minute the polls opened at 7 a.m. GMT on Thursday, the UK's favourite election social media tradition was quick to start trending on Twitter.
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Behold: #dogsatpollingstations.
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Just look at all those good boys and girls. If there's one thing that has a faint chance of briefly uniting people during a general election, it's dogs.
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Look at their beautiful, hairy faces. (That dog on the left has his own handle, @ablacktale, in case you want to follow him, too, btw.)
Makes you feel a little better about the prospect of another election, right?
