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Each Deputy Registration Officer will
need two or three clerks and an interpreter who
will marshal the applications and compile the draft
lists of electors and ultimately compile the registers
themselves.
The minimum staff would thus be:-
The Registration Officer.
Chief Assistant.
12 Deputy Registration Officers.
40 Clerks (approximately).
13 Interpreters.
This staff would be required for from three
to four months and a similar, but reduced, staff
would be required yearly.
B.
Election Staff.
For the conduct of the elections themselves
the staff required would be
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Returning Officer.
Chief Assistant.
20 Presiding officers (approximately).
This figure is mere guess work until
the number of electors and thus the
number of polling stations is known.
20 Poll Clerks.
20 Interpreters.
(20 Additional persons for the count)
* 20 Police Officers.
One for each polling station.
In England the Presiding Officers were
usually practising solicitors or very senior managing
clerks; the poll clerks were solicitors' articled
clerks, junior managing clerks and fairly senior