C3PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS
Receipt of Postal Ballot Papers
Lists of rejected postal ballot papersI1C1C2C4C587
1
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
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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.
5
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.
Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), s. 19(2), Sch. 5 para. 53