Sentences with phrase «elections poll worker»

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«The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database.»

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In recent elections, there were instances when newly registered voters were told by poll workers they «accidentally» showed up at the wrong poll site and were redirected (sometimes across town).

Bob Master, the political director for the Communications Workers of America District One, said the union polled its members after the election and found that 60 percent had backed Clinton and 40 percent had backed Trump.

Among the issues Kavanagh raised are BOE staffing and poll worker training, long shifts for poll workers on election days, and simply «bad, outdated» election laws.

That would include making «systemic changes» based on recommendations from an outside consultant and publicly posting all job vacancies, improving poll worker staffing with better pay and better training, and communicating more clearly with voters about poll sites, election days and registration statuses.

The Journal News, of Westchester County, reported on its Web site that a polling station in Hartsdale opened about two hours late because election workers couldn't get access to locked - up ballots.

Under the old system, election workers were required to print out receipts from electronic scanning machines after the polls closed and then cut them by hand, by election district.

Voters can find their designated polling places at the city Board of Elections website, and report any problems to poll workers there or by calling their borough offices.

BISHOP ATTACKS RIGHTS OF 52 POLL WORKERS Disenfranchises Residents While Backing the Liberal Elite Altschuler Campaign — We Won't Let Bishop Steal this Election

The INEC official said that a total of 7,670 ad - hoc workers would conduct the election in 1,548 polling units.

The bill (S1836) permits local Boards of Elections to hire election inspectors for half - day shifts, preventing fatigue and flexibility for workers whose shifts often start before the polls open at 6 AM and end after they close at 9 PM.

Not long after polls opened, Aadahl said he began to get word that poll workers at one New Paltz voting site were denying affidavit ballots to those who requested them on orders from elections board officials.

ALBANY — State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) announced on Monday that the Senate passed legislation to shorten work shifts for election - day poll workers.

The Board of Elections continues to seek poll workers for upcoming eElections continues to seek poll workers for upcoming electionselections.

Controversy surrounds the role of election commissioners in the five - county district allowing some poll workers to vote early.

The incorrect ballots were given to voters when polls opened at 6 a.m. until Deputy Clerk Lynn Sehwerert noticed the error when casting her votes at around 7:30 a.m. Board of Elections commissioners Vic Work and Tom Turco raced to Woodstock to instruct poll workers to explain the error to voters and the commissioners posted signs informing voters they could cast two ballots for town board.

Mr. Espaillat described last Tuesday's vote as a «murky process,» and he rattled off a series of perceived problems with the process, including a lack of Spanish translators at the polling stations and reports from his constituents that they had been turned away by election workers.

Of the 99 ballots that were ordered opened in Kingston, of those ballots 90 were from Ulster County (including 53 from poll workers who had submitted them prior to the two - week window before the general election.)

A Public Policy Poll released September 12 shows these results for the September 13 election for U.S. House, 9th district in New York: Republican Bob Turner 47 %, David Weprin 41 %, Socialist Workers Party nominee Chris Hoeppner 4 %, undecided 7 %.

The bipartisan Election Commissioners Association have also backed a June primary, raising concerns in a letter to Sharpe that an August date would hindered the availability of poll workers.

August 10, 2011: Siena Research Institute Poll for Special New York Congressional Election Ignores One of the Three Ballot - Listed Candidates July 24, 2011: New York Special U.S. House Election Will Have 3 Candidates on Ballot July 16, 2011: Socialist Workers Party Submits 7,080 Signatures in Special New York U.S. House Race

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said Blackwell should step aside because his office is responsible for the rules that govern county election boards that had scattered problems last Tuesday, including poll workers who did not know how to turn on new electronic voting machines.

The big story in this primary race today was not the vote counting, but the fact that Rangel allies (led by Keith Wright) met with BOE officials on June 23rd to discuss the location and placement of poll workers prior to the election.

Right now, when voters go to the polls in New York state, an election worker flips through a big book.

Smith said both voters and poll workers in New York City are growing more accustomed to the quirks of the new machines, and the Board of Elections is responding to technical problems more quickly this time around.

Mail - in absentee ballots are only available upon request for active members of the military, those with an illness, physical disability or travel plans that prevent them from voting in person on Election Day, and election workers who are working at a polling place other than thElection Day, and election workers who are working at a polling place other than thelection workers who are working at a polling place other than their own.

Early voting is not just beneficial to voters, it reduces stress on poll workers and allows for more secure elections.

Well, the city Board of Elections has 26,000 to 32,000 poll workers on Election Day whose paychecks are drawn on some of those big banks.

Strickland greets a poll worker before voting at the Franklin County Board of Elections on Oct. 27.

The Electoral Board is composed of three appointed members who are responsible for conducting elections in the County, including appointing and training poll workers, choosing polling places, printing ballots, administration of absentee ballots, maintaining financial reports of candidates, ascertaining the results of elections, and organizing election procedures.

In addition to learning firsthand how elections are run, student poll workers can be paid a stipend that generally ranges between $ 65 and $ 150, depending on the county.

County elections officials may assign up to five high school students to serve as poll workers in each election precinct.

They end their day with a better understanding of the importance of voting and the vital role poll workers play in making our elections run smoothly.

The head election agent at the polling station in question said «One of our election workers was in a polling station early this morning reading a Kindle e-reader.

The Social Democratic and Labour Party in Ireland has accused an election polling station worker for reading on their Kindle.

In the course of just a few short weeks, the law by its terms would require: that more than 100,000 South Carolina voters be informed of and educated about the law's new requirements; that several thousand poll workers and poll managers be educated and trained about the intricacies and nuances of the law... and that county election boards become knowledgable of the law....»

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled that the Ohio board of elections must count provisional ballots with errors caused by poll workers.