Sentences with phrase «by poll workers»

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.

At 14 percent of sites, the auditors said, affidavit ballots were mishandled by poll workers — potentially leading to votes not getting counted.

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).

«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.»

Not exact matches

The distractions that crop up in a worker's day might be slightly different in the home (chores, television, pets, errands and children were all listed as time sucks by the telecommuters who were polled), but interruptions at work are just as common.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1,385 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the majority (51 %) do not agree Canadian employers should be able to hire temporary foreign workers (a federal program which has just been curtailed), while fewer than this agree (45 %).

The answer is... work: A March survey on sleep and the U.S. workplace from CareerBuilder (conducted by Harris Poll) reported that 58 percent of 32,000 workers surveyed said they weren't getting enough sleep, and 61 percent said that sleep deprivation affected their work.

by a California company found that nearly half of all workers polled work from bed in some form.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, being revised up to a 2.8 percent annual growth pace.

This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among 3,022 workers ages 18 and over (employed full - time, not self - employed, non-government) between February 10 and March 4, 2014 (percentages for some questions are based on a subset, based on their responses to certain questions).

This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among 2,138 hiring managers and human resource professionals and 3,022 workers (employed full - time, not self - employed, non-government) ages 18 and over between February 10 and March 4, 2014 (percentages for some questions are based on a subset, based on their responses to certain questions).

Homemade bombs are sometimes planted by workers from rival political parties to intimidate voters ahead of polling day.

A majority of voters polled, by a margin of 62 percent to 34 percent, oppose raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15.

Bronx 86AD update: After opening 153 absentee, affidavit, military, and special [cast by BOE employees and poll workers] ballots, challenger Hector Ramirez overcame a 29 vote deficit to take a six vote lead over Assemblyman Victor Pichardo.

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.

Others reported how inspired they'd been by the hundreds of thousands of electoral commission workers in the 33,000 polling stations who spent a long, hard day making sure everyone could vote.

Today's Q poll offers some solace for state workers who are being targeted by Gov. David Paterson and Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo in the face of a looming $ 10 billion budget deficit.

A recent Survation poll found people supported the last public sector strike by 61 % to 31 % and overwhelmingly wanted public sector workers to be paid more.

Communications Advisor Rob Ryan fired back, criticizing the Democrat incumbent for disenfranchising 52 poll workers by challenging their absentee ballots.

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.

Deputy Chief Clerk William Allen helped assign poll workers and site coordinators in Harlem's 70th Assembly District, where he has held an elected Democratic district - leader post for 17 years, according to portions of an April 28 Department of Investigation letter obtained by The Post.

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.

Among the key reasons cited by the Assembly and the ECA for adopting a June primary date are that, in their view: an August primary would result in reduced turnout because many voters vacation during that month; identifying and training sufficient poll workers would be very difficult during a prime vacation period; schools, which are often used as poll sites, are frequently closed and unstaffed during the summer; and that, given the myriad tasks that must be completed to prepare and transmit ballots, as well as the inevitable delays caused by administrative challenges, machine malfunctions and counting of paper ballots, setting a June date would ensure better compliance with UOCAVA's 45 - day ballot transmission requirement.

David Cameron led Ed Miliband by 15 points (42 % to 27 %) as best Prime Minister in the national poll, though it was notable that his lead was twice as high among men (22 points) than among women (10 points), and more than twice as high among private sector workers (24 points) than public (10 points)-- though for him to have any sort of lead among public sector workers in the current climate is an achievement worth noting.

DL's reward loyalty by hiring poll workers.

Virtually ignored by workers leaving a factory on his first outing, his refreshingly open and honest attitude slowly wins attention and over time the unthinkable slowly becomes possible — he might just have a chance of overtaking Jarmon in the polls.

BP is apparently trying to ban workers from sharing photos of animals killed by the oil, and according to polls, 1/5 of Americans still view BP favorably.

The page provides useful links including poll worker resources by state.

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....»

According to a survey conducted by Harris Poll and Glassdoor, 53 percent of U.S. workers believe employers should not ask about current salary or salary history during job negotiations.

This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among 2,138 hiring managers and human resource professionals and 3,022 workers (employed full - time, not self - employed, non-government) ages 18 and over between February 10 and March 4, 2014 (percentages for some questions are based on a subset, based on their responses to certain questions).

In a poll conducted by human - resources consultant Right Management at the close of 2009, found that 60 % of workers said they intended to leave their jobs when the market got better.

The national survey was conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder from August 12 to September 2, 2015, and included a representative sample of 3,321 full - time workers across industries and company sizes.