Sentences with phrase «poll worker said»

The mechanical flaw, which a poll worker said an engineer would resolve «soon,» let voters to flick the levers next to the names of multiple candidates and lock them into place when they voted, allowing a Democrat to vote for multiple candidates simultaneously.

-- At Fort Independence Community Center at 3350 Bailey Avenue: An Espada poll worker said to Rivera workers, «you better tell your people to behave because I'm likely to stab first.»

A lack of candidate advertising - at least until the very last minute - may be one reason why the expected voter turnout is low, poll workers say.

NEW YORK CITY — Poll workers said turnout was far higher than expected Thursday, as New Yorkers headed to the polls once again for the state legislative primaries.

Not exact matches

According to a recent Gallup poll, 37 percent of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted.

In a recent poll, 38 percent of workers said when their bosses ignore their suggestions, it leads to decreased initiative and poor morale.

But as of last month, 31 percent of the small business owners and CEOs polled said they had jobs they couldn't fill because they couldn't find qualified workers.

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.

Alongside the parents» poll, 98 % of a sample of 750 female childcare workers said they would value having male workers as part of their nursery team.

He said the «profound and widespread» issues include disappearing polling places and poorly trained poll workers who turned away voters seeking affidavit ballots.

The Espada poll watcher had a «poll workers» certificate and a sign that said, «I speak Spanish».

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.

When a poll worker couldn't find Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's signature alongside his name in the book of eligible voters, they tried to give him an affidavit ballot, his campaign said.

But poll workers at PS 41 said 80 voters had shown up at the school during that same amount of time.

A block away, Baez volunteers said they noticed poll workers lounging around outside since there was little to do in the station.

Poll workers at MS 158 said morning turnout had been low, with less than 10 people having voted before 11 a.m..

The Washington, D.C. - based group says they received almost 700 calls about voter issues today, including calls about a polling site that opened two hours late because the poll workers» keys to access voting materials did not work.

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

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

Three - quarters of those who were surveyed in an October Washington Post poll said they believe federal workers get better pay and benefits than people doing similar jobs outside the government, and 52 percent said government employees are overpaid.

Hawkins said the was very encouraged when a Siena poll showed that a workers candidate could pull 24 % of the vote.

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.

The Washington, D.C. - based group said they received nearly 700 calls about voter issues Tuesday, including calls about a polling site that opened two hours late because the poll workers» keys to access voting materials did not work.

«What I can confirm for you is that there were no poll workers opening absentee ballots — that is an unsubstantiated rumor,» he said.

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.

53 Democratic Poll workers from Ulster County are included who they said voted too early.

Schneiderman's office said their preliminary investigation found that «many poll workers are not receiving consistent guidance about their legal obligations with respect to affidavit ballots,» according to the letter.

Ferretti, who said he had nothing to do with the doctored sample ballots at the polling place, also said he is «looking into my legal remedies» after accusing a Coll campaign worker of illegal electioneering.

In addition, workers will be posted outside the old polling sites on Primary Day to inform voters of the correct locations, the BOE said.

Poll workers in Bayside and Douglaston said more voters had turned out to vote than they had expected Tuesday morning.

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.

Turnout for the rare Thursday primary was expected to be dismal, but poll workers in many districts said they were surprised to see so many voters turning out.

As of 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1,385 New Yorkers had called 311 to complain about ballots, voting machines, poll sites or poll workers, the mayor's office said.

«They are voting out of frustration,» said the poll worker, who did not want to give his name.

The party sees $ 15 an hour as a powerful rallying cry to attract employees of fast - food restaurants and other low - wage workers to the polls this fall, he said.

«Poll workers would make sure each voter only signs in once, and they would watch their activity to make sure no foul play occurs,» says Mark Radke, Diebold's director of marketing.

«The poll workers typically only have registration information for the voters that are supposed to be there,» Palfrey says.

According to a 2014 Gallup poll, 48 % of workers said they check e-mail outside of work «frequently,» and these people unsurprisingly reported more stress.

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.

ABC News recently reported the results of a CareerBuilder.com survey that found 8 percent of 8,785 U.S. workers polled said they had fudged some aspect of their resume.

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.