EVERY five years, about 40% of us who can be bothered trudge along to our local polling station to put a cross against the name of the least objectionable person on the list, and then go back home. We have just , and having done so we have oiled the wheels of the wonderful machine that powers our great democracy. Veterans take the process for granted, but what if you are 18 and this is your first time at the ballot box? Will
