EBC (T&T) CHAPTER 5: Polling Station Set-Up Quiz

What is the Presiding Officer required to do before Polling Day according to Section 5.1?

• Supervise the voting process.

• Count the ballots.

• Collect Polling Day supplies.

• Announce the election results.

Where can variations to the standard polling station layout be found?

• Chapter 3 of the election manual.

• Appendix (v).

• Appendix (ii).

• Section 5.2.

Ideally, polling stations should be located on which floor of a building?

• The highest floor.

• The middle floor.

• The ground floor.

• Any floor with elevator access.

How should Polling Agents be seated in the polling station?

• Behind the Poll Clerks.

• In a separate designated area.

• In the manner described in Chapter 3, Section 3.2 (b).

• At the entrance to observe electors.

What color lines are used to manage electors, and who uses which line?

• Blue for ID holders, yellow for non-ID holders.

• Red for ID holders, green for non-ID holders.

• Green for ID holders, red for all others.

• Yellow and black lines for different polling divisions.

Where should 'WAIT HERE' signs be placed?

• At the entrance of the polling station.

• On the desks of the Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer.

• Approximately five (5) feet in front of the desks of the Poll Clerks and the Deputy Presiding Officer.

• Near the voting booths.

When will the Returning Officer provide supplies for the establishment of two (2) voting booths?

• If there are more than 300 registered electors.

• If the polling station is located on an upper floor.

• Where the electorate to be served is in excess of five hundred (500).

• Upon request by the Presiding Officer.

According to Section 90(1), what must the Presiding Officer identify?

• The number of registered electors.

• The location of the ballot box.

• Where the Polling Station Limit is.

• The names of the Polling Agents.

When should the 'Polling Station Limit' sign preferably be posted?

• The day after the poll.

• One week before the poll.

• On the morning before the poll starts.

• The evening before the poll.

What is the prohibited distance for congregating or assembling near a polling station?

• Fifty (50) yards.

• One hundred (100) meters.

• One hundred (100) yards (approximately 91 ½ meters).

• Twenty-five (25) feet.