Dogs at polling stations

Dogs at polling stations or #dogsatpollingstations is a popular hashtag and Internet meme on social media during an election in the UK and other countries such as Australia.

[1] Typically, the dogs are photographed waiting for their owners outside the polling station and the pictures then posted on services such as Instagram or Twitter.

[2][3] Under UK law, broadcasters are forbidden to report on election issues or campaign details while polls are open.

News coverage is restricted to simple, factual information, traditionally including photographs of viewers' dogs outside of polling stations.

[5][6] The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held in December and thus many of the photographs had a seasonal theme such as showing the dog wearing a Santa hat.