Polling station staffing

When you accepted your appointment, you agreed to be bound by the Requirement of Secrecy.

The following guidance documents should be read as part of your training and preparation for your role. Printed copies will be available in the ballot box at your polling station.

• Electoral Commission Handbook
• Electoral Commission Quick Guide
• Local guidance for polling station staff
• Briefing notes (to be read in conjunction with the handbook and local guidance)

Online Training

Training to prepare you for your duties at the polling station is carried out online at the Election Trainer website. The training is mandatory and must be completed by the date in your training invitation email.

Election Training website

Your will receive your Election Trainer username and password by email.

Election Trainer can be accessed from a wide range of devices including laptops, mobile phones and tablets. Please note that the online training cannot be taken Internet Explorer so use another browser such as Google Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.

The Polling Station Staff Training will lead you through what you can expect to happen on polling day, including the new photographic ID and postal vote requirements. The full online training programme will take approximately 90 minutes.

The training is available now and does not need to be completed in one session, but must be completed in full by the date in your training invitation email.

At the end of the training there is a multiple-choice assessment to check your knowledge and understanding of your duties on polling day, made up of randomised questions. You may take the assessment as often as you wish or need to. The training is completed when you can see the progress indicator at 100% and the ‘completed’ indicator is ticked (see your training email for details).

Please complete the training in conjunction with reviewing the handbooks and resources linked above. 

After completion of the training you can access it again, as often as you like, until polling day.

You do not need to contact us to confirm you have completed the training as we will receive a report from the training website.

In person training (Presiding Officers only)

If you have been appointed to the role of Presiding officer or Presiding Officer No 1 you will be required to attend in person training and details will have been sent to you by email.

Presentation from in person PO/PO1 Training session

Your hours of work will be 6:15am to 10:15pm and you must remain at your polling station throughout this time. Polls will be open from 7am to 10pm.

Before the Poll

Presiding Officers, including PO1, are required to collect and check their ballot box between 1:30pm and 4:30pm on Wednesday, 3 July 2024 from:

Old Viewforth,
Pitt Terrace,
Stirling,
FK8 2ET

After the Poll

The Presiding Officer Number 1 should deliver all boxes and sacks from their Polling Place to the Count Centre or allocated collection point.  Where there are a large number of boxes, this can be shared with other Presiding Officers. You may claim your mileage for these journeys.

Details of where to take the ballot box from every polling station can be found at the back of the Local Guidance linked above.  The count will be held immediately after the close of poll on polling day at:

The Peak,
Sports Village,
Forthside Way,
Stirling,
FK8 1QZ

Roles and responsibilities for Polling Place Marshals

The Returning Officer has confirmed that Stirling Council staff can be released from their normal duties to carry out an election role if they have the permission of their line manager. 

Please contact the Elections Office if you require any more information on this arrangement.

The Election Office will provide payroll with details of the fee you are due after polling day.  The payroll date will be confirmed soon and added to this webpage.

You will be paid to the bank details you recently submitted. 

If you have questions which are not answered here please contact the elections team at elections@stirling.gov.uk