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Presiding Officer

the equivalent of the SPEAKER of the UK Parliament in the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES and the SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. He or she chairs the sessions and organizes business.
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This will allow presiding officers to transmit result directly from polling stations using their mobile phones.
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Presiding Officers will also engage with the schools management to identify critical needs for speedy intervention.
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She denied knowledge of some county officials having worked as presiding officers, saying she did not know all presiding officers.
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Counters and presiding officers both report to returning staff such as the returning officer or acting returning officer.
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A constituent of Labour AM Julie Morgan had complained to Presiding Officer Dame Rosemary Butler, alleging that Conservative AM for Monmouth, Nick Ramsay, had slurred his words and was unsteady on his feet during a debate on mental health last week.
No action for AM alleged to be drunk
Mr Melding proposes presiding officer Melding AM that the Speaker of the House of Commons and the presiding officers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland would convene a conference to pave the way for a new Act of Union.
Tory AM calls for federal UK to save Union; 'Wales must be sovereign for all domestic affairs'
Moreover, arrest warrants of nine presiding officers were issued by police on request of District Returning Officer (RO) of Bhakhar due to delay in providing of results.
ECP announces re-polling at constituency in Karachi
The police, however, released the presiding officers of four polling stations over personal surety bonds after investigation.
Returning officer complains of rigging in NA-100
She and Pingree are the first two women in Maine to serve simultaneously as presiding officers in both chambers.
Democrat Representative Hannah Pingree is the new speaker in Maine

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