Sentences with phrase «local polling station»

It was from Myrobella, in 1997, that Blair strolled with his wife and young family in tow across the open playing field to his local polling station on his last day as leader of the opposition.

As a result, he made a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission regarding the inaccessibility of his local polling station.

Last November 4th I excitedly went to my local polling station to cast my ballot in the Presidential election.

Betty Welch of Prospect Heights said she arrived at her local polling station ready to vote, only to find out that her block had been eliminated from the district.

Anyone joining the queue at their local polling station at 21.59 are unlikely to have been turned away and there's probably a few stragglers with their pens still hovering over the ballot paper right now.

The three consecutive hours must fall within the open hours of local polling stations, which are as follows:

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Hundreds of polling stations are in place across Birmingham for the local government election today (May 4).

The voter ID pilot has descended into chaos during the local elections as constituents have been turned away from their polling stations.

Consider a poll conducted last week by a local TV station, which asked respondents how Buffalo would do in 2002: 60 % said the Bills would at least make the playoffs; 7 % predicted they'd get to the Super Bowl and lose (a franchise speciality), and 14 % said they'd win it all.

Polling stations should be made English - language only to prevent electoral fraud, a local Tory politician has demanded.

MONUSCO's electoral division consists of 51 professional (international) staff, 86 UN volunteers and 41 local staff, working around the clock to distribute the 4,000 tons of election material: 186,000 ballot boxes and 64 million voting cards to 62,000 polling stations (BBC 2011).

David Cameron thanked local officials in his constituency when making his victory speech, but was angry at the disruption at many polling stations.

Staff there referred her to another polling station, a local YWHA, where she was told she wasn't on the rolls and was referred to yet another location.

In Tower Hamlets, the High Court suspended the Mayor, Lutfur Rahman, after he was found guilty of falsifying postal votes and putting undue pressure on voters at polling stations during the 2014 local and European elections.

Burns said that she mistakenly headed to the wrong polling station, a local middle school, after voting there during the Congressional primary back in June, and never receiving any notice her poll site has changed.

All voters must be present at their designated polling station by 13:00 local time to be allowed to cast their ballot.

Polling stations have closed for local elections across many parts of England, Wales and Scotland.

At a polling station in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, local issues dominated in voters» minds more than Trump did.

Speaking outside his polling station, Mr Corbyn accused the Conservatives of killing children with «heartless» austerity policies today as he ramped up the rhetoric for the local elections.

Burns said that she mistakenly headed to the wrong polling station, a local middle school, after voting there during the Congressional primary back in June, and never receiving any notice her poll site had changed.

The following day, Sinclair set up a mock polling station in a local shopping mall and repeated the test with 116 shoppers of all ages.