Mr. Joseph Burke:

I share the frustration of the Chair and everybody else in that regard. I see that as a significant failure on the part of my staff. We have a zero tolerance approach, and we can trace it back to which ballot box it was and to which table. If you are the presiding officer or poll clerk at that table, you will not be re-employed. We put a huge amount of time and resources into reminding people and explaining to them how important it is that every ballot paper should be stamped. What seems to happen is they forget to do one, and it is never just one. They just forget to do it for four or five, and then the other person at the table - because they are in twos - spots it and tells them they have missed the last ones. They go back stamping again, but by the time they have realised it, they have missed a few. In my view it is unforgivable.