claim: The Guthrie Theater's first building began operating in May 1963.
evidence: An election to Essex County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the United Kingdom local elections , 2009 .. Essex County Council. Essex County Council. The elections had been delayed from 7 May , to coincide with elections to the European Parliament .. European Parliament. European Parliament election, 2009 ( United Kingdom ). 75 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions , which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office .. first-past-the-post voting. first-past-the-post voting. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005 .. Essex County Council election, 2005. All locally registered electors -LRB- British , Irish , Commonwealth and European Union citizens -RRB- who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections .. Essex County Council election, 2013. registered electors. Elections in the United Kingdom#Registration procedure. British. British citizen. Irish. Irish citizen. Commonwealth. Commonwealth citizen. European Union. European Union. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address -LRB- for example , away working , on holiday , in student accommodation or in hospital -RRB- were also entitled to vote in the local elections , although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors can not vote in the local elections .. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address -LRB- such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays -RRB- at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office , but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election .