C3PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS

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Receipt of Postal Ballot Papers

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In respect of any election, the returning officer shall keep F2three separate lists relating to rejected postal ballot papers.

2

In the first list, he shall record the ballot paper number of any postal ballot paper for which no valid F1postal voting statement was received with it.

3

In the second list, he shall record the ballot paper number of any postal ballot paper which is entered on a valid F1postal voting statement where that ballot paper is not received with the F1postal voting statement.

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In the third list, he shall record for every postal voting statement within the receptacle for rejected votes (verification procedure) immediately prior to sealing—

a

the elector’s name and address (and the name and address of the proxy if the elector has a proxy),

b

the elector’s number on the register of electors (and that of the proxy if the elector has a proxy),

c

the specified reason or reasons for the rejection of the postal voting statement, and

d

any other information relating to the rejection that the returning officer considers appropriate, but not the ballot paper number.

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The specified reasons that may be given under sub-paragraph (4)(c) for the rejection of a postal voting statement are as follows—

a

the signature does not match the example held on the personal identifiers record,

b

the date of birth does not match the one held on the personal identifiers record,

c

the signature field is blank, or

d

the date of birth field is blank.