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The Returning Officer and Counting Officer

The Chief Executive, Paul Lawrence is the Returning Officer for elections in Edinburgh and the Counting Officer for referendums.

He is in charge of

  • counting the votes
  • setting up polling places
  • managing the postal voting process
  • providing staff to work at polling stations
  • declaring the results for elections and the local totals for referendums.