The Evolution of the Duties to be Fulfilled by Poll Staff with Regards to Registration and Voting on Polling Day and Advance Polling Days, 1920 to 2012

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • Methodology
    • 1. The Election Officers Covered in this Study
    • 2. The Starting Point: The Dominion Elections Act of 1920
    • 3. The Evolution of the Act from 1920 to 2012
    • 4. The Process for Amending the Act
    • 5. Research Strategy Adopted
• PART I. The Legislative Evolution of Election Officers' Polling Station Duties from 1920 to 2012
  • A. Duties in Ordinary Polling Stations
    • 1. Prior to the Opening of the Poll
    • 2. During Voting Hours
      • (a) Identification of electors
      • (b) Polling day registration
      • (c) Other oaths
      • (d) Standard voting procedure
      • (e) Assisted voting
      • (f) Bedridden patients
      • (g) Proxy voting
      • (h) Records of polling operations
      • (i) Order in polling stations
    • 3. The Counting of the Votes
  • B. Duties in Advance Polling Stations
• PART II. The Workload of Deputy Returning Officers, Poll Clerks and Registration Officers
  • A. Number of Hours Worked
  • B. Number of Voters to be Dealt With
  • C. Material To Be Used By Polling Staff
• PART III: Assessing the Complexity of Poll Staff Duties Then and Now.
• APPENDIX 1: Evolution of the Act, 1920 to 2012
• APPENDIX 2: Duties of deputy returning officers and poll clerks in 1920
• APPENDIX 3: Duties of deputy returning officers, poll clerks and registration officers in 2012*
• APPENDIX 4: Voting hours for ordinary and advance polling stations, 1920 to 2012

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