outlined above and these should be referred immediately to the SPOC There may be instances where allegations are received that one person in the household has completed postal vote packs for all members of a household. It may be necessary for the NPTs or SPOC to visit areas where multiple postal vote packs are delivered to reinforce the message that they should be completed by each individual and returned direct to the returning officer’s office Where malpractice is suspected, the SPOC will need to commence enquiries, consider evidence gathering needs and consider visiting candidates and party workers in respect of allegations made and their duty to follow the Electoral Commission’s Code of Conduct for candidates and party workers Appointment of People appointed by the candidate to scrutinise Polling agents’ name and address data available polling agents the proceedings on election day soon after deadline Polling agents are appointed to attend specific Comparison to police records may be made to polling stations and to detect personation. They identify history of any individuals appointed that may are entitled to be located within the room within impact upon the democratic process which the voting will take place, although they are not entitled to interfere with the process. Having The SPOC should inform the ESM of any concerns marked off on their copy of the register those that may have an impact upon the democratic voters who have applied for a ballot paper, they process (without breaching the law) must leave their copy of the register in the polling station. They can only remove their marked copy Care must be that any polling agents are not of the register after the close of poll. intimidating voters or instructing voters how to vote.
outlined above and these should be referred immediately to the SPOC There may be instances where allegations are received that one person in the household has completed postal vote packs for all members of a household. It may be necessary for the NPTs or SPOC to visit areas where multiple postal vote packs are delivered to reinforce the message that they should be completed by each individual and returned direct to the returning officer’s office Where malpractice is suspected, the SPOC will need to commence enquiries, consider evidence gathering needs and consider visiting candidates and party workers in respect of allegations made and their duty to follow the Electoral Commission’s Code of Conduct for candidates and party workers Appointment of polling agents People appointed by the candidate to scrutinise the proceedings on election day Polling agents are appointed to attend specific polling stations and to detect personation. They are entitled to be located within the room within which the voting will take place, although they are not entitled to interfere with the process. Having marked off on their copy of the register those voters who have applied for a ballot paper, they must leave their copy of the register in the polling station. They can only remove their marked copy of the register after the close of poll. Polling agents’ name and address data available soon after deadline Comparison to police records may be made to identify history of any individuals appointed that may impact upon the democratic process The SPOC should inform the ESM of any concerns that may have an impact upon the democratic process (without breaching the law) Care must be that any polling agents are not intimidating voters or instructing voters how to vote.
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