The state’s election officials were right to turn him down.

The country's election officials said final results would take days.

Election officials say final results are expected after five or six days.

Election officials have until July 6 to report final results.

Instead, they talked about the way the election officials view the political process.

I then called over an election official, who didn't begin to know the answer.

State elections officials say final numbers should be available next week.

Election officials say they are not certain when the first results will be announced.

The names, election officials say, should then be known within a matter of minutes.

The figures are based on reports from state election officials.

Election officials should be working to fix these problems now.

Still, many local election officials say they like the machines.

Like many local election officials, she likes the system just fine.

Some election officials question whether a national system would gain support.

Election officials say they have been trying to address the concerns.

Election officials said results could be made public by next Wednesday.

His party won four seats in the lower house, election officials said.

State election officials appear to be going beyond even the attorney general’s list.

Election officials say the problem is much worse than it used to be.

They were contacted by election officials through their family members.

City election officials, however, are not authorized to do the same.

Final results were not expected until Tuesday, an election official said.

Final results will be released in 24 hours, election officials said Saturday.

The actual decision is often left up to a county election official.

Official results will not be announced for several days, election officials said.

You should keep them in mind at all times, whatever your role as an election officer.

In many states, the secretary of state is the chief elections officer.

Only an election officer is allowed to pick it up.

"Maybe more will come once the sun goes down or after lunch, when women are ready to step out," says the election officer.

Some people voted in full view of the election officers.

The election officers collectively received some 20,000 hours of training.

He or she is the single most important election officer in each electoral district.

During the course of an investigation it may be necessary to contact an election officer.

These findings did not vary by type of election officer.

The primary responsibility of the secretary is to serve as the chief election officer.

It is a big room in a primary school with no fan and four election officers.

They further felt that the quality of training materials for election officers and staff were adequate.

A senior election officer said that the complaint was being taken very seriously.

Election officers in Outremont were more likely to report such problems.

Election officers were generally satisfied with their training and the identification process.

Two groups of personnel report to the returning officer: office staff and election officers.

• No person under the age of 18 must be appointed as an election officer.

The investigation would focus on possible offences which may have been committed by election officers.

I also want to thank local electoral boards and election officers for all of their efforts.

The survey of election officers conducted by Createc+ was designed as a census.

You should also have substitutes available to replace any of these election officers if needed.

Election officers the fourth week preceding that of the poll.

The remaining staff and election officers are selected by the returning officer.

Jones, as the state's chief elections officer, contends that his concerns are not just political.

He also authorized a rate increase for certain election officers and workers in the three Northern territories.

The certificates are usually provided by the returning officer or election clerk.

He also served in the capacity of election clerk and election judge.

The innocent instructions of an elections clerk on Thursday set off a flashback.

• A returning officer must appoint an election clerk.

• The returning officer or election clerk must be satisfied that:

A day after the vote, however, an absentee ballot without postmark or stamp, turned up in the election clerk's office.

• Deputy returning officers (may also be appointed by election clerk)

• The returning officer, upon receipt of a writ, must appoint in writing an election clerk.

The election clerk shall be a person qualified as an elector and ordinarily resident in the electoral district.

Romney asked an election clerk for a sample ballot as a souvenir, and then joked, "That's pretty fun.

In Maine, election clerks in several towns are predicting double or even triple the number of early voters this year.

Law-enforcement officials have said that a Board of Elections clerk admitted falsifying the required acceptance form.

A leader of local election clerks on Thursday predicted huge problems if the judge sides with Van Hollen.

Between election night and the machine recount, Judge Williams said, election clerks apparently failed to count 218 presidential ballots.

Election clerk Valencia Allen called the lines "hu-normous," adding it was the largest voter turnout she'd ever seen.

Many teachers refused to serve as election clerks in Maguindanao and North Cotabato amid reports of violence, officials said.

Ella Wolf, a Board of Elections clerk, was juggling two telephones, one beige, the other black.

The board ordered local election clerks to cross-check only voters who register from Aug. 6 onward and let nonmatches vote without consequence.

"Returning Officers and Election Clerks 7.

The Government Accountability Board, which runs state elections, instructed local election clerks to verify the identities only of people registered since that date.

• The Chief Election Officer must supervise the returning officers and election clerks in the performance of their duties.

• The returning officer or election clerk must, for each polling subdivision, appoint a person as deputy returning officer.

"Some were not able to vote today as Democrats, and they got mad and left when they found out," said election clerk Diana Lara.

The article cites an interview with a former Honolulu elections clerk who says records of Obama’s birth could not be found at either Honolulu hospital.

Mr. Sternlieb, who has been an elections clerk for 12 years, was recommended for his post by the Brooklyn Democratic organization.

But 59 percent of the poll workers gave the wrong answer.

Two poll workers came out to the car to get her vote.

No poll workers, however, could direct him to the right place.

The question is whether the poll workers are trained and have everything they need.

Officials were still in the process of training poll workers for next Tuesday's election.

Several other poll workers said it had not, in fact, been a busy day at all.

The poll workers, of course, could not offer their opinions.

About five million poll workers, most of them teachers, have been designated.

When it was his turn to vote, the poll worker did the same thing, he said.

Poll workers eventually advised her to come back later, and she did.

The real problem is that there are often too few machines and poll workers.

Polling workers decided it was an error and let him vote.

But the line grew for another 25 minutes before the poll workers opened the doors.

"Most poll workers did not want to do it this year - folks have a problem with change."

They force everyone to work more, he said - the candidates, the voters and the poll workers.

When a poll worker asked whether everything was in order, the president said he hoped so.

But it is not known whether there are enough poll workers to do what the group recommends.

Next month you're going to see for the first time ever election poll workers added to the employment numbers.

Do not let poll workers close the polls until you have voted.

There were not enough computers for poll workers to enter the data.

"Most of the poll workers are older people, and they're dying off."

But many states face budget problems that make it hard to recruit poll workers.

“The poll workers said the police hadn’t arrived on time, so they had to set up late.

They told the poll worker their son was killed in Afghanistan, that his name shouldn't be on the list.

Poll workers told him he was not a registered voter.

In some cases, she said, polling officials failed to show up.

He answered no, which the polling officials said was not a problem.

All polling officials were expected to be "firm on the ground" by the end of Tuesday.

Polling officials estimated a final turnout of about 80 percent.

Partial results suggest a similar lead elsewhere, polling officials said.

The attacks were targeted at security forces and polling officials, not voters.

And what happens on the morning of 30 April when the polling officials arrive to pick up his vote?

Reportedly, she stood by and argued with the polling officials on behalf of each individual woman.

A polling official will assist you to do that.

Members of the school staff are often employed as polling officials in every general election of the country.

The turnout in the by-election was 22%, polling officials said.

Polling officials are expecting some 130 million Americans to vote - a turnout which would prove higher than in any election since 1960.

Some polling officials may be reluctant to demand identification when it is not legally required.

Remain there, watching the count (inform the senior polling official of the intention).

He did not indicate whether the audit found rampant abuse by polling officials or candidates.

Polling officials were trained in their jobs and voters were enthusiastic.

The violence left at least 17 people dead—including police, soldiers, polling officials and civilians—and three election officials were kidnapped.

As groups of Haitians waited to vote, polling officials scrambled to get the stations ready.

It may even be considered informal if the polling official who hands it to you does not initial the paper!

Polling officials in many cases made little effort to stop the practice, even though it infringes electoral and constitutional laws.

Polling officials estimate 80 percent of a record 23 million registered voters cast ballots on Wednesday.

There were some incidents including an attack on a polling official but on the whole things went off smoothly.

But in any event, the polling officials said, his vote would count only in one of the beauty contests.

How many polling officials check the ballot papers?

Each elector was required to state the name of the candidate he wished to vote for out loud to the polling official.