If you’re voting at a polling station , or if you’ve still got a postal vote lurking at home, here are some top tips from our local elections staff…
If you’re voting at a polling station , or if you’ve still got a postal vote lurking at home, here are some top tips from our local elections staff…
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Every polling station has a Presiding Officer. We met Maxine after the training sessions for presiding officers in Kirklees, to hear about what’s involved.
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Did you know you can return your postal vote right up until 10pm on Thursday 5th May. Have you returned yours?
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It’s a week before the 2016 local elections and the huge task of opening the postal votes from the Kirklees area is already well under way. Over 51,000 postal votes have been issued for the local elections and PCC elections on Thursday 5th May 2016. We talked to Chris at the postal vote opening to find out where your postal vote goes after you pop it in the post box.
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There’s something a bit different about voting in the district elections in the Greenhead Ward of Kirklees. Presiding Officer Julie explains more…
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We’ve been talking to Adrian Lythgo, Returning Officer for Kirklees, about his role in the elections…
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Karen Allison, new councillor for the Newsome Ward, tells us that she’s “shattered, proud and pleased”.
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We’re talking to people at the election count about why they’re here today.
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We talked to a candidate agent waiting for the election results.
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We talked to Cllr David Sheard, Leader of Kirklees Council, about some of the issues for council spending.
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