Project Management; Role of the Police; The count & results; Vision for the future

John Turner

Chief Executive, AEA

Polling Day

• What are the key issues? Election Control Polling stations Combined polls The Count and the results

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Robust Systems

• Skills/knowledge of staff

• Planning processes

• Training

• Integrity of election

• Communications

• Involvement of all stakeholders

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Managing the election

• Risk Register Combination of Polls? Short timetable?

• Project management

• Contract management

• Budgets

• Insurance

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Staffing

• Secrecy provisions

• Assisting Candidates

• Voting arrangements

• Payments

• Travelling/other expenses

• Staff Instructions

• Staff briefings/training

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Role of the Police/CPS

• Role of ACPO – integrity of the overall process

• Force SPOCs

• Investigating agency for: Fraud including absent voting Electoral offences

• Polling day

• Security

• Role of Crown Prosecution serviceAEA 6

The Count overview

• When?• Venue:

Layout Security Media Observers

• Mini counts• Staffing/training• What could possibly go wrong?• Customer service

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The Count stages

• Verification - the proper way!• Sorting & counting• Adjudication of doubtful ballot papers

does not bear official mark writing or mark by which voter can be identified unmarked or void for uncertainty voting for more candidates than entitled Otherwise – clear intention, try to give a valid vote

• Provisional Result• Recounts• Declaration

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Compilation of results

• Types of elections UK Parliamentary European Parliamentary National Parliaments/Assemblies Local Elections

• Referendums

• New types of elections Police Commissioners House of Lords/Second Chamber

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Vision for future elections

• Home Office - 2012

• European Parliamentary 2014

• UK Parliamentary 2015

• Others

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Questions?