Day out on the Poll
On Thursday 23 rd May 2019 another election took place for European candidates. My Dad has been involved in working in the elections for years as polling station manager and advised they were taking applications for Poll Clerk so I did a 5-minute application via email and I thought no more about it. I got a call on the Friday 17 th May asking me to come in on election day. No training, no run through beforehand but they’d go through it all with me on the day. It was a long 16 hour shift from 6:15am to 10:15pm but the money was good so I agreed. A bit of variety would be good and get me out of my own office for a day! I was stationed at a local Primary school a short distance from my home in a semi-rough area of East Belfast. Some of the things that happened were noteworthy… Several people came in to vote with their adorable dogs. One of which was a bloodhound/pointer cross who stood dramatically at the door awaiting his owner. A man came in to vo