Sentences with phrase «on polling day»

On a more practical level, the Conservatives need to Get Out The Vote on polling day.

Even on polling day there were people who thought you really wanted us to leave.

For a start, it got dark at half - past four; that doesn't usually happen on polling days.

Many, many millions have yet to decide where to put the cross on polling day.

If the results are reflected on polling day, the winner will be decided by second preference votes.

The message we were getting on the doorstep, particularly on polling day, was that people are finding times tough and see no change in their circumstances.

Envisaged as the twelve month period running up to a known future election date, the snap election called under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, means that the regulated period has necessarily been backdated to the twelve months commencing 9 June 2016 and ending on polling day.

European Union citizens aged 18 or over on polling day and whose municipality of residence is in Hungary and have submitted a notification to be listed in the electoral register.

The second idea is that the Tories might propose holding a referendum on polling day at the next General Election to guarantee maximum turnout of Tory - inclined voters and maximum loyalty of centre right press.

The problem was that the Liberal Democrats believed their own PR and assumed they were going to be a force to be reckoned with on polling day.

Perhaps, but the high levels of voter registration and reports of very high postal vote participation indicate that «Yes» may have prepared a groundswell of support on polling day.

The final wording said that Labour would pilot secure systems for electronic voting and electoral registration on polling day, and consider piloting elections on days other than Thursday.

The humiliated Ukip leader failed to overturn Labour's 5,000 majority on a polling day that saw Storm Doris bring chaos to the pottery capital

She said it found incredible that the Lib Dems were not pushing a referendum on polling day saying: «It looks as though if they are hiding behind a lot of implausible reasons to justify their conservatism.

45.10 (1) A special ballot shall be counted only if it is received in the returning office or by the Chief Electoral Officer by 6 p.m. on polling day.

The DUP leader expressed his optimism about the next few weeks, saying the prospect of a hung parliament gives Northern Irish voters crucial influence on polling day.

«Establish a statutory holiday on polling days for provincial and municipal elections to encourage voter participation.»

it may specify a minimum time period during which a mobile poll must be available at each institution on polling day.

Companies that aim to gauge employee happiness and engagement through an annual survey — the blunt HR tool used in many corporate environments — may capture how a workforce feels on polling day, but they fail to document the dips and rises that occur throughout the year in response to hirings and firings, swings in the business cycle or even news events and weather.

The party's appeal to the 48 % of people who voted to remain in the European Union last year did not cut through as hoped on polling day.

This is a book about leaders and their closest aides, about friendship and betrayal, and how miscalculation and ruthless focus helped turn an advantage remain to a win leave on polling day.

Or for rerunning an election that has been disrupted, for example by a natural disaster on polling day?

Much of the nervousness is a hangover from last year when both the polls and bookies also predicted a Labour government, only for their hopes to be crushed on polling day.

On Polling Day activists will be making the final push to mobilise the Labour vote, from 7 am until 10 pm, when the polls close.

We know from the polls that many of UKIP's supporters would rather see David Cameron as Prime Minister than Ed Miliband and a lot of experts expect some of them at least to head back to the Tories on polling day itself.

Core to Edwards» argument around championing the youth vote is to reverse a «vicious cycle» of politicians overlooking the needs of the demographic due to poor turnout on polling day.

On polling day on Tuesday, the 40 Election Day observers will also observe various aspects of the election process including polling station set up and its opening, the application and compliance to voting procedures, conduct of polling officials, party agents and security officials and the counting and declaration of results.

Maggie Throup, who is standing for the Conservatives against Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt in the super-marginal Solihull seat, believes the only real test will come on polling day.

Campaign organiser and MP Jack Dromey claimed more than 500 Labour activists were involved on polling day.

On polling day Jeremy Corbyn was back on his Snapchat, while Charlotte Church has insisted she was still a fan of him despite voting for Plaid Cymru in the Welsh Assembly elections.

If this money — which is likely to be spent on leaflets and telephone canvassing — can be matched by foot - soldiers on the doorstep, it could influence matters on polling day.

For example, would you like to see a tube full of people holding up Metro on polling day with «Vote Labour» in huge letters?

Thousands of university students may wake up on polling day intending to go to the ballot box without realising they're back at home for the summer.

«Just call me old - fashioned, but if you are going to try to work out how people are going to vote, ask them the question they are actually going to be asked on polling day.»

The backbencher warned against those close to Mr Corbyn who might be assuming the election result was a solid resurgence of the core vote, saying: «Even on polling day there was still a major problem with white working - class voters.

«The returning officers for the last five UK parliamentary by - elections have provided the following estimates of the number of postal ballot packs handed in at polling stations on polling day:

In the 2017 general election, Farrelly retained his seat by just 30 votes, despite confusion in his constituency on polling day, where thousands of students were initially rejected due to errors with the electoral register.

[168] A final theory, put forward after the election, was the «Lazy Labour» factor, which claimed that Labour voters tend to not vote on polling day whereas Conservative voters have a much higher turnout.

On polling day last year Land tweeted a call for voters to back the Greens rather than Labour.

Mr Farage, who is recovering from broken ribs, a punctured lung, and with fractures to his sternum and spine, also spoke of how he felt «lucky to be alive» after his light aircraft crash on polling day.

If the 25 - point lead over Labour continued on polling day it could give Theresa May a bigger landslide than Tony Blair in 1997.

In Brecon and Radnor in 1985, one poll, published on polling day, said Labour would capture the seat from the Tories with an 18 - point lead over the Liberals.

Will they be grateful on polling day in 10 months» time?

Nigel Farage, erstwhile leader of the UK Independence Party, managed to dominate the normally politics - free news bulletins on polling day, but not in a way even someone with his knack for grabbing headlines would have would have wanted.

Speaking in Clacton on polling day he said: «If we get the result that people say we're going to get, it is going to be quite a big moment for us.