Elections surveyors not official
(CNS): People are being urged to be careful about individuals coming to their doors claiming to be conducting official election surveys. The Elections Office said it had received a number of concerns from members of the public that people are going house-to-house claiming that they are doing a survey relating to elections purportedly on behalf of the government.
“The Elections Office wishes to clarify that these individuals do not work for or represent the Elections Office and that the survey is not sanctioned or authorised by the Elections Office,” officials said in a release Monday. “The Elections Office encourages residents who encounter these types of home visits and feel at risk to report any suspicious activities to the police by calling 911.”
It is not uncommon for candidates and their proxies to conduct polls and surveys without identifying who they are. This may be to assess certain opinions on potential candidates but it may also be regarding who is registered to vote where.
Following the release last week of the proposed general election register of voters, candidates will be looking closely at who is registered to vote in their constituencies of choice. Some candidates may well lodge objections regarding voters who support their competitors and are registered in a district where they no longer live.
Category: Election News
If district pollsters are fraudulently holding themselves out as “Elections Office” or “ESO” employees to illegally collect personal information, then that, of course is a police matter.
If properly identified, wouldn’t new candidate polling of their audience be a welcome change?!? How are new candidates supposed to take the pulse of the district if people are being told to call the cops on them?
If anyone doesn’t want to open their door or give info to someone wearing an opposing team shirt, then that’s up to them, because they are grown ups.