Issue of Postal Ballot Papers

Procedure on issue of postal ballot paperI172

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2

The number of the elector as stated in the register shall be marked on the F9corresponding number list, next to the number and unique identifying mark of the ballot paper issued to that elector.

3

A mark shall be placed in the F4postal voters list or the F10proxy postal voters list against the number of the elector to denote that a ballot paper has been issued to the elector or his proxy, but without showing the particular ballot paper issued.

4

The number of a postal ballot paper shall be marked on the F2postal voting statement sent with that paper.

5

Where postal ballot papers for more than one election are issued together under regulation 65 above—

a

one mark shall be placed in the F4postal voters list or the F7proxy postal voters list under paragraph (3) above to denote that ballot papers have been issued in respect of all those elections; except that, where ballot papers are not so issued, a different mark shall be placed in the F4postal voters list or F7proxy postal voters list to identify the election in respect of which the ballot paper was issued; and

b

the number of each ballot paper shall be marked on the F2postal voting statement under paragraph (4) above.

6

Where the poll at one election is taken with the poll at another election (under the provisions referred to in regulation 65 above) but not the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers, the colour of the postal ballot paper shall also be marked on the F2postal voting statement sent with that paper.

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F6Subject to paragraph (8), the address to which the postal ballot paper, F2postal voting statement and the envelopes referred to in regulation 74 below are to be sent is—

a

in the case of an elector, the address shown in the F4postal voters list;

b

in the case of a proxy, the address shown in the F5proxy postal voters list.

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Where a person has an anonymous entry in the register, the items specified in paragraph (7) must be sent (as the case may be) to the address to which postal ballot papers should be sent—

a

as shown in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4, or

b

as given in pursuance of an application made under paragraph 4(1) or 7(4)(b) of Schedule 4.