| 词汇 | example_english_polling-station |
| 释义 | Examples of polling stationThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. For instance, my interest in voting could be furthered by a car owner who could drive me to the pollingstation. People panicked and ran away, but left on the ground outside the pollingstation were two dead women and several injured. Parties are also represented at the pollingstation and can, therefore, record who votes. For instance, a general meeting and central pollingstation is sometimes located in one 'natural' village. Outside every pollingstation, several hundreds of men and women were gathered, sitting quietly on the ground with their backs turned against the pollingstation. The sum of abstentions, void or invalid ballots amounted to 39% of those registered in one pollingstation. But no one has provided evidence of what additional information could be made permissible at a pollingstation without jeopardizing the electoral process. As a result, their study excluded all proxy votes and only counted people who physically attended the central pollingstation. He protested against the violations of the electoral act and denied signing the form declaring a proper opening of the pollingstation. The areas to be covered by each group were: training of pollingstation officials, the computerised vote-tabulation system, and general management of the elections. Based on this revised measure they found that approximately 48 per cent of eligible voters reported that they actually went to the central pollingstation to vote. In the past, sous-pr'fecture officials have experienced difficulty in designating even one official e representative of each political party in order to monitor the elections at each pollingstation. 33. Why should disabled people be denied the right to go to a pollingstation and vote when they want to? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it a fact that where 50 householders get together in one village or hamlet they can have a pollingstation allowed to them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is something to be said for the principle that wherever possible people should go to the pollingstation and register their vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The jurisdiction of a presiding officer is limited to the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should have the same right as able-bodied people to exercise their right to vote at a pollingstation if they so wish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many pensioners rightly say that they do not want a postal vote because they want to vote at the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have to go back to a pollingstation in the area in which they were living when they went on the register. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A person who applies for a postal vote cannot then vote at the pollingstation, because his name is struck off the list. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, he will not put up a pollingstation for a parish of 60 electors? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, they cannot use the location from which they have sought refuge as the local pollingstation would be known by the violent partner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do they wish to go to the pollingstation because they see it as a civic duty? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a building should not be regarded as suitable for a pollingstation used by disabled people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He quoted the provision that every parish should have a pollingstation unless circumstances warranted its being otherwise treated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no answer to say that there will be a pollingstation in every parish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is quite unfair to expect voters in remote country districts such as mine to walk five miles and back to the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my submission it can mean only one thing—to and from the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is giving a very great power to the returning officer to decide whether there shall be more than one pollingstation for one district. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, many elderly and disabled people regard going to vote at a pollingstation as an important part of their democratic rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is always possible that someone could enter a pollingstation early in the morning and remove a paper after it had been perforated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It should be done on a voluntary basis, near the pollingstation, not inside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where the areas of two deputy returning officers overlap, it often happens that a pollingstation is shared by those in their areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Others regard it as important because it tells them where their pollingstation is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I disgress to say that sometimes a room in a private house is used as a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The council considered the possibility, but it decided for a number of reasons that a temporary pollingstation would not be suitable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The intention is to reduce any grounds for confusion for the voter at the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A copy of register is also marked in the pollingstation to show those to whom a ballot paper has been issued in person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is precisely because they may vote at a pollingstation other than the one in their neighbourhood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to ensure that all material is displayed at the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With regard to holding local government and parliamentary elections on the same day, it is expected that voters will attend only one pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The best way of taking it seriously is for people to vote in person at a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would, furthermore, cause considerable inconvenience to presiding officers in the discharge of their statutory duties at a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A person may be qualified to vote in person at the pollingstation even if not to vote by post or proxy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other form is voting for someone before they get to the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am referring to those inside the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As the region adopting e-voting will also be an all-postal one, voting electronically in a pollingstation will not be relevant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An elector using a postal ballot is in a significantly different position to one who turns up at a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People who are compelled to vote by post are deprived of the opportunity to cast their vote in person at a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the main problems is that people have to vote in their own pollingstation and that is often inconvenient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, my understanding of the position under electoral law is that a poll, as tightly defined, means attendance at a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Problems with access do not relate only to getting into the pollingstation from outside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rules state that there should be no political advertising of any kind within a space round the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not make too much sense to start changing the format of a supermarket in order to embrace a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should consider extending the provision to include access inside as well as outside the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was decided that the booth, as opposed to the pollingstation, should contain that information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our law currently lists who can attend a pollingstation and a count, and observers are not included in that list—yet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is available for other purposes as well, not least as a pollingstation, if we need it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he also accept that it might be difficult to make that pollingstation accessible to disabled people? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen others come to the pollingstation who asked who the candidates were. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On one occasion the queues were both inside and outside the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have today discussed how to ensure secrecy in postal voting as well as in the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So that they would not be deprived of their votes, a substantial operation was mounted to get them to the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To add insult to injury, they do not even turn up to cast their votes at the local pollingstation, but claim postal votes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In recent elections there has been a great deal of confusion over the definition of the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, if the building were divided in any way between different polling stations, it would be within the boundary of that particular pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had always believed "pollingstation" to mean the school or other public building that is used at elections. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to the definition of "pollingstation". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The schedule allows the chief electoral officer, after consultation with the political parties, to appoint a reasonable number of observers for each special pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty faced by returning officers is that they must have a pollingstation within each polling district. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The returning officer established a caravan on a small site which made it easier for people to get to the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A medical certificate grants to a disabled person the right to vote at a pollingstation other than his own. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, there is far less opportunity for intimidation if the people can go and vote in any pollingstation they choose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps only one pollingstation would be made available to people other than the one in which they would normally vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of them was that a large-print version of the ballot paper should be displayed in the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It follows that there must be very sound justification indeed for restricting the use of cars to take electors to the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can a householder be prevented from putting up a political party's posters in a window immediately opposite a pollingstation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The forms indicated that these people had an incapacity and could not attend the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Personation at the pollingstation will be made much more difficult by the requirement for all voters to provide a specified form of photographic identification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this age of modern technology, it must be possible for lists to be available at any pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The commission is looking into the possibility of voters being able to vote at more than one pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This gentleman said, that he thought that this notice posted outside the pollingstation was about the lowest ebb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One must go to a pollingstation or receive a vote through the postal system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should still be able to get into the pollingstation and exercise their right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For most people, voting at a pollingstation is still the proper exercise of their franchise rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if they do not like the candidates on offer, they should at least register their attendance at the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know what it is to have to fight my way out of a pollingstation in the dark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a rule he lives four or five miles away from the pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That person might be stopped in the vicinity of a pollingstation; he might be stopped and searched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is a queue, people are not allowed into a pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already voted at another pollingstation, but is there anything to stop me from voting for my granddaughter? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the pollingstation is on the third floor or down a flight of steps, unnecessary barriers are placed in the way of disabled people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that our system of attendance on polling day at the pollingstation is the right way forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the police are to be seen as even-handed, they must have an adequate presence in every pollingstation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That could be done with the intention of reducing the number of men available for pollingstation duties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We also want to ensure that the person who turns up at the pollingstation to vote is the individual who is registered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They need to have a fast car to move from pollingstation to pollingstation, but that has been known to happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is much to be said for making going to the pollingstation or applying for a postal vote a conscious act. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, the argument in favour of the pilots is to make sure that such a system is as reliable as the pollingstation system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not every pollingstation was open, but the votes were taken to the count and counted in the same way as the others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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