Weekly Newsletter No. 530

Wednesday 7th September 2016

JOB VACANCIES

Association of Electoral Administrators

Training Facilitator

(closing date 7th September )

Association of Electoral Administrators

Training Manager

(closing date 7th September )

Harrow Council

Democratic & Electoral Services Officer (2 posts) and Electoral Services Officer

(closing date 16th September)

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council

Deputy Electoral Services Manager

(closing date 29th September)

Coventry City Council

Electoral Services Operations Team Leader

(Career Grade)

(closing date 16th September)

Wyre Forest District Council

Electoral Services Manager

(closing date 15th September)

IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION:

JOB VACANCIES - eight currently advertised on the website (see this page but

please note the AEA posts close today)

CLAIRE MARSH - Very sad news

CONFERENCE 2017 - Draft programme and booking forms now available

ACCESSING THE WEBSITE ON MOBILE DEVICES - any problems?

MEMBERSHIP LIAISON AND FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS

NEW WEBSITE ITEMS - added since the last newsletter

CARTOON - not sure how to vote? Help is a click away!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Chesterfield Council

Electoral Services Officer

(closing date 23rd September )

Brent Council

Electoral Registration and Services Manager

(closing date 21st September )

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I am very sorry to

have to report that

Claire Marsh, until

recently the electoral

services manager at

South Lakeland Dis-

trict Council, died on

Saturday after a long

and courageous bat-

tle with cancer.

Those close to her

know that she was a

very special person:

kind, thoughtful, as-

tute and knowledge-

able, highly diligent, and extremely loyal to

her friends and colleagues.

Claire was involved in elections from 1976,

taking the helm in 1995; she had a strong yet

understated leadership style, taking her coun-

cil into the IER county lead role and later the

PARO role, building the capability and confi-

dence in the electoral office staff to be one of

only three authorities embarking on Cabinet

Office 2016 pilots.

Our sincere condolences go out to all her fam-

ily, friends and colleagues.

She was a lovely lady who will be greatly

missed.

CONFERENCE 2017

A s you will

know by

now, next

year’s Annual

Conference

takes place in

Brighton at

the Hilton

Metropole Hotel, from Sunday 5th to Wednes-

day 8th February 2017. As you will also know,

there is an exciting event countdown on the

website. Well, I like it!

The draft Conference programme and book-

ing forms are now available on this page of

the website

ACCESSING THE WEBSITE ON

MOBILE DEVICES

I have had reports that some people are

experiencing problems accessing/logging

in to the website on smartphones and tablets.

I am also aware of many who do not have

problems in similar circumstances!

If you are in the former group, however,

please would you let me know exactly what

issues you are experiencing, including full de-

tails of the device and browser you are using.

I’ll need as much information as possible so I

can let the site developers have a detailed

and accurate report as necessary:

E-mail: nigel.hurll@aea-elections.co.uk

MEMBERSHIP LIAISON AND FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS

Y ou may not know that

our Support Services

Officer (Administration), Chris

Solich, is now dealing with all

matters which require liaison

with members of the AEA, so,

if you need help with any is-

sues relating to your member-

ship, you can contact Chris

by telephone or e-mail. His

details can be found on the

website here. You can also

send a message using the

‘contact us’ form on the web-

site which is automatically

directed to him.

Chris has also taken over re-

sponsibility for settling prob-

lems in relation to the reset-

ting of members’ passwords.

As I’ve mentioned to a lot of

you in the recent past who

have found themselves in the

unhappy position of having

temporary amnesia in this re-

gard (I call it memory stick,

but I would, wouldn’t I?), the

process is being improved

with clearer instructions on

precisely how to execute it so

the evil and incomprehensible

‘passwords do not match’ er-

ror message can be eradicat-

ed! When that work is finally

completed, I’ll let you know.

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H ere is the usual summary of everything

not specifically reported in this edition

that’s been posted on the website since the

last newsletter - general news items apart

which can, of course, also be found on the

News for Members page.

Electoral Commission Report on the ad-

ministration of the Greater London Au-

thority elections held on 5 May 2016

Electoral Administration Bulletins: No.

150 for Scotland, No. 164 for England &

Wales and No. 151 for Scotland

General election 2015 reports: govern-

ment response

Electoral Commission response to allega-

tions raised by Scottish Conservatives

(re: imprints)

The future of the Electoral Commission:

have your say - Claire Bassett blog

Wales Branch papers published - see this

page

Southern Branch agenda published - see

this page

Electoral Commission’s report on the ad-

ministration of the 5 May 2016 Scottish

Parliament elections and associated

news release

ITEMS ADDED TO THE WEBSITE

SINCE THE LAST NEWSLETTER

“Too bad that all the people who know how to run

this country are busy driving taxis and cutting

hair.”

George Burns

(1896 - 1996)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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If you are not a Member, any disclosure, copying or distribution by you is prohibited and may be unlawful. Disclo-

sure to any party other than the recipient, whether inadvertent or otherwise is not intended to waive privilege or

confidentiality. Any views expressed are those of the author/contributor of the relevant item or the Website Man-

ager and not the Association as a whole unless specifically stated.

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