IF THE opinion polls are to be believed then today’s ballot will be one of the closest in living memory.

For that reason alone – although there are many others – this is an election that needs every citizen to cast their vote.

Democracy may be confusing in 2015 and there may be siren voices claiming that a hung Parliament will mean the end of the political system as we know it.

This may or may not be the case. More likely is that the outcome of the election will lead to calls for some electoral changes, perhaps considering constituency boundary alterations, the introduction of proportional representation and changes to the voting system on English matters in the Commons.

It is unlikely democracy will collapse, as some doommongers would have us bleive.

Yet this is a momentous day and whether or not it heralds great change or more of the same, all of us should take the opportunity to cast our vote.

What future generations will make of the General Election of 2015 we cannot say. But we should not dodge the issue of making our mark.