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| Polls to be monitored for fraud | Polls to be monitored for fraud |
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| Special polling clerks are to be employed at voting stations next month in a bid to ensure polling agents do not break the law on election day. | Special polling clerks are to be employed at voting stations next month in a bid to ensure polling agents do not break the law on election day. |
| The plans were contained within the Electoral Office's good practice guide, which was obtained by the BBC. | The plans were contained within the Electoral Office's good practice guide, which was obtained by the BBC. |
| However, the chief electoral officer would not comment on claims they would only be deployed in the nationalist Foyle and West Belfast constituencies. | However, the chief electoral officer would not comment on claims they would only be deployed in the nationalist Foyle and West Belfast constituencies. |
| Douglas Bain said they were going where they were needed. | Douglas Bain said they were going where they were needed. |
| The clerks will be there to ensure information about voting patterns is not passed out of polling stations on 4 June. | The clerks will be there to ensure information about voting patterns is not passed out of polling stations on 4 June. |
| West Belfast assembly member Jennifer McCann said she was concerned by the news. | |
| "The revelation that Chief Electoral Officer Douglas Bain will send special polling clerks into only two constituencies in the north, namely Derry and West Belfast raises many serious concerns about how he views people living in these areas," she said. | "The revelation that Chief Electoral Officer Douglas Bain will send special polling clerks into only two constituencies in the north, namely Derry and West Belfast raises many serious concerns about how he views people living in these areas," she said. |