I live here but can't vote in this election. Should I still submit local feedback?
Politics"Leave the priorities to the voters," someone told me when I offered a comment about the town's evening facilities.
I live here and use those facilities, but I am not eligible to vote in the election being discussed. I wasn't claiming otherwise. The feedback invitation asks residents for their views and doesn't seem to say that respondents must be electors; I haven't checked that with the organiser yet.
The comment I want to make is about keeping a place open after work. I don't want to speak for everyone in my position or imply that my response carries an electoral mandate. I just don't see why the closing time stops affecting me.
What would be a constructive way to check participation and offer my view without turning the response into an argument about voting eligibility?