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Polling agent

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The appointment of a polling agent is not legally required. Polling agents are appointed after the period when nominations to the election are made. The election timetable states when counting agents have to be appointed, usually about a week before the polling day.
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6.70 Despite being made aware of secrecy requirements, some polling agents transmitted information from the marked register to party workers outside the polling place.
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Only one polling agent per candidate may be admitted at any one time to a polling station, and they may not take information out of the polling station.
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of a candidate standing for election, or where there is no election agent the candidate personally, to oversee conduct of the poll at
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A polling agent may attach their own seal to the ballot box, alongside the official seal
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concluded that some polling agents unlawfully acted as
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