Referendum pay rates

Presiding officer

Yeah they seem to start with the same people in the same roles as the most recent election. I couldn't do it one time so I'm guessing either someone new or someone from a different area became the presiding officer for that spot from then on. I was offered a different spot as presiding officer for the next one

I don’t know. Don’t think I got one in mine.

I do- the effort vs your time and any added value of extra income diminishes greatly- the pitiful low rate at which the high tax rate kicks in is a major drag on productivity: i turned down a promotion in two past as the extra pay was 50% of gross for taking on a whole load of extra responsibility. I went and rented a room in my home for more money, far less effort and tax free income instead - sometimes you’ve got to weigh up your time vs paying more cash into the black hole of the state

There are clear rules around that scenario in the presiding officer handbook. If the person showed up even if there was a line through their name they would have been allowed to vote once it was established that they were the person on the list. If you went back to vote twice it is an offence. It's a 16 hour day for the staff with no breaks so small mistakes can happen. In this case partly due to yourself no harm was done. They may have copped the mistake after you left and rectified it had you not. Everyone is so suspicious of the staff but I have never seen even one person bend the rules in 10 plus years doing the jobs.

would be more secure, but would be way more cumbersome and you’d have people complaining about that too (rightfully IMO). Not to mention that anybody can sign any name and unless you have something to verify it against, signatures by themselves are useless

There’s no perfect way of doing things and the current way is fine

Any idea or what the rate is for a polling clerk? Still haven’t received anything back about it.

Did anyone get paid yet for the recent by elections?