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Mum and daughter 'turned away' from polling station and not able to vote

A mother and daughter claim they were turned away from voting in the General Election - despite saying a council officer assured them they were registered.  Susan Riley and her daughter Samantha visited St Peter\'s Primary School, in Bury North, to cast their vote this morning.  But they said the poll station staff turned them away because they were not on the list of voters for the area.  Samantha, of Brecon Drive, said a Bury Council officer turned up at the family home to register her family to vote on October 12.  She said the staff member filled in all of their details on an iPad and confirmed they had been registered.  But it was only Samantha\'s father Andrew who was listed on the register today, while Susan and Samantha said they were not allowed to vote.  Samantha, 25, said: \"We moved to our new house and a man from the council visited. As far as I was concerned that was it, I was registered to vote.  \"I thought I was registered based on what the gentleman

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