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Barnsley elections 2024: Council MD, Sarah Norman, explains what happens between polls closing and counting
The Star, Sheffield
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03/05/2024
Sarah Norman, Managing Director of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, speaks to The Star's Chloe Aslett about what happens between polls closing and counts starting.
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So last night all the ballot boxes came in from the polling station.
00:04
So I think the last ballot boxes came in about 11 o'clock.
00:07
So that's quite a big logistical operation, receiving all the ballot boxes,
00:11
getting everything into the building, making sure it's all secure and in the right place.
00:15
And then the other thing that we do last night is to verify all the postal votes that have come in at the last minute.
00:22
So that's postal votes that have come either from the post office, from the sweep they do of post boxes on the day,
00:28
and also postal votes that people have taken into polling stations.
00:31
So that's what took us till about one o'clock in the morning.
00:34
And then, so were you in here bright and early this morning as well to just keep it?
00:39
Yes, I was here about 10 to 8 this morning.
00:42
So yes, not that much sleep, but the adrenaline of elections keeps me going.
00:46
And how is the sort of the atmosphere I suppose down there?
00:49
All seems very calm, very positive.
00:52
All the staff have turned up, everyone seems to know what they're doing.
00:55
So I'm confident that we'll have a nice smooth count today.
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