Thepresidingofficerand the secretary or clerk are present, and clustered around them is a small group of members.
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The various chiefs of the traditional area constitute the members of the jury at the paramountcy level, with the paramount chief as thepresidingofficerand chief justice.
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The other aspect is the case which is all too common, of thepresidingofficeromitting to affix the mark to the ballot paper itself.
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The police asked thepresidingofficerand the polling clerk if this schoolmistress had voted there or not.
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It is not the duty of thepresidingofficerto intimate to individuals, who are registered, whether they are qualified or not.
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The election of thepresidingofficercannot be by a majority vote.
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If it is to be decided by thepresidingofficer, who will he consult?
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The ballot papers are handed to the police and thepresidingofficernormally goes with them.
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What we object to is the practice of people being permanently stationed at the same table as thepresidingofficerand polling clerk.
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At polling stations law and order will, as is normally the case, be the responsibility of thepresidingofficer, assisted by the police.
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The problem is that thepresidingofficermust exercise his discretion and one does not know on what basis that discretion is to be exercised.
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To drag thepresidingofficerthrough the courts would be quite inappropriate.
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Thepresidingofficerwould then get it right.
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So the parliament can challenge the decisions of thepresidingofficer.
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I had thought to put down an amendment changingpresidingofficerto precess.
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