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Sligo-North Leitrim Election 2011 Mod Warning #290

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    #692
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Just flicking through the Champion, looking at the election coverage, and something has struck me as being a bit odd.

    In the results for booth by booth, it shows 'St Johns Hosptial, Sligo Town.' Total Votes - 13, with one vote for each of the 13 candidates. For 'St Johns Hosptial, Drumcliff,' its a similar result, Total 12 votes, one vote going to each of the 13 candidates bar Cahill who got none.

    Printing mistake, or a genuine equal sharing of the vote bar Cahill?


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    #693
    Henlars67
    Registered Users Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭Henlars67


    irish-stew wrote: »
    Just flicking through the Champion, looking at the election coverage, and something has struck me as being a bit odd.

    In the results for booth by booth, it shows 'St Johns Hosptial, Sligo Town.' Total Votes - 13, with one vote for each of the 13 candidates. For 'St Johns Hosptial, Drumcliff,' its a similar result, Total 12 votes, one vote going to each of the 13 candidates bar Cahill who got none.

    Printing mistake, or a genuine equal sharing of the vote bar Cahill?


    If you see 1 the for every candidate on the Tally results, it means that the boxes weren't tallied. Dunno why it would have said 0 for Cahill, probably a printing error.

    If there are less than 50 votes in a box then the box is not tallied as the secrecy of the ballot is compromised.


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    #694
    Mint Sauce
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    Henlars67 wrote: »
    If you see 1 the for every candidate on the Tally results, it means that the boxes weren't tallied. Dunno why it would have said 0 for Cahill, probably a printing error.

    If there are less than 50 votes in a box then the box is not tallied as the secrecy of the ballot is compromised.

    I thought I seen that some where with regards to the secrecy, was surprised to see results for such a small booth.


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    #695
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,427 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    Corvus Maximus wrote: »

    At least they wouldn't let the IMF/ECB dictate the agenda, like the rest of the sheep will. I love this ignorant fear of the unknown some people have, I tend to judge a party by it's record in office.

    What do you judge a party by in the absence of a record in office?

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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    #696
    thebuzz
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    Henlars67 wrote: »
    The candidates have 7 days to take them down.
    From what day? Voting day?
    Henlars67 wrote: »
    If you see 1 the for every candidate on the Tally results, it means that the boxes weren't tallied.
    Does that mean their vote didn't count or what?
    :confused:


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    #697
    Henlars67
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    thebuzz wrote: »
    From what day? Voting day?
    Does that mean their vote didn't count or what?
    :confused:

    7 days from when the polls close, so all must be down by 10pm on Friday. E150 fine per poster per day after that, though usually candidates get a warning first and no fine will be issued if they are taken down within a day of the warning.



    Of course the vote counts, it just wasn't available for public tally.


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    #698
    thebuzz
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    Henlars67 wrote: »
    7 days from when the polls close, so all must be down by 10pm on Friday. E150 fine per poster per day after that, though usually candidates get a warning first and no fine will be issued if they are taken down within a day of the warning.
    Who would you need to contact to inform them after this date? County council presumably?


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    #699
    Henlars67
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    thebuzz wrote: »
    Who would you need to contact to inform them after this date? County council presumably?


    the litter warden


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    #700
    mountainy man
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    Henlars67 wrote: »
    the litter warden

    sligo co co has no litter warden since last one left/retired? embargo on recruitment :(


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    #701
    Pete M.
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    mountainy man wrote: »
    sligo co co has no litter warden since last one left/retired? embargo on recruitment :(

    They didn't have one for quite a while, but they have one now again and he is quite active.

    I've been going around taking some down and have taken all the cable ties I find too.
    Most of the poster removers just tear down the poster leaving the ties behind, a real bug bear for some people, myself included.
    Some of them though have been cutting the cable ties and then just leaving them on the ground after them, which is even worse :mad:#

    If anyone is ever looking for a lock of cable ties, of assorted lengths, please let me know......


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    #702
    ectoraige
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    thebuzz wrote: »
    From what day? Voting day?
    Does that mean their vote didn't count or what?
    :confused:

    The tallies aren't part of the official count. Each candidate is allowed to have a number of tallymen present at the count. As the boxes are opened and the votes checked by the official counters, tallymen standing over their shoulders make a note of the first preferences on the ballots. Returning officers usually don't allow tallys to be done on boxes containing few votes out of privacy concerns. Once each box has been emptied, the votes are then distributed to each candidates pile so it is then no longer possible to identify the origin of a particular vote. The reason they don't give past the first preference on the tallies is simply that the tallymen do not have the time to write it down, they concentrate on who received the first preference, and noting where their own candidate is picking up transfers from.


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    #703
    mountainy man
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    Pete M. wrote: »
    They didn't have one for quite a while, but they have one now again and he is quite active.

    QUOTE]

    Thanks I didnt know we had a new one , I have some buisness for him/her regarding an illegal dump:(


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    #704
    UrbanSea
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    No ministerial position for Mr Perry.


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    #705
    thebuzz
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    UrbanSea wrote: »
    No ministerial position for Mr Perry.
    Thankfully.


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    #706
    UrbanSea
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    Rumours were that he'd get one if both the FG candidates got in.


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    #707
    Slidey
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    I heard down the town that he got a junior ministry today


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    #708
    Mint Sauce
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    Slidey wrote: »
    I heard down the town that he got a junior ministry today

    He did indeed. Small business.


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    #709
    Essexboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Essexboy


    The constituency will now become a land flowing with milk and honey, just as it was under the last Minister of State.

    Oh, hang on, that was Dr Dolittle, wasn't it? Hm! :rolleyes:


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