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How do you get a job at the elections ?

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  • 09-06-2009 11:14pm
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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    Sorry for the lack of articulation in the question but how does one get a job at a polling station and at an election count ?

    Is there some kind of extensive background check done on the person , does one have to reveal any political allegiance ? How is the deciding officer picked ?


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    Collie D
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    Have often wondered that myself. Could be a handy few extra quid for counting or whatever. Not sure I could sit in a polling station all day though, could get pretty boring.


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    gcgirl
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    Collie D wrote: »
    Have often wondered that myself. Could be a handy few extra quid for counting or whatever. Not sure I could sit in a polling station all day though, could get pretty boring.

    Bring a book the lady i got my ballot papers off had this Hidious :mad:Cecelia Ahern book!!


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    redfacedbear
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    The count staff for the recent local elections were staff members of the Local Authority in question and the Returning Officer a senior staff member of the Authority. Not sure how it works for the Polling Stations or for the European counts.

    In the Authority I work for they asked for volunteers for the count and picked from those who put their name forward


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