PART IVABSENT VOTERS
F1Notification of a rejected postal voting statementC161C
1
Where an absent voter (whether an elector or a proxy), appears on the list created under regulation 87(4) then—
a
the registration officer responsible for the personal identifier record that contains information in respect of the absent voter must notify them (and the elector if the absent voter is a proxy) that the ballot paper concerned was rejected because the returning officer was not satisfied that the postal voting statement was duly completed;
b
the registration officer must send the notification within the period of three months beginning with the date of the poll at which the ballot paper was rejected; and
c
the notification must include information as to which of the specified reasons referred to in regulation 87(5) applied to the absent voter’s postal voting statement.
2
The registration officer is not obliged to send a notification—
a
to any person who is no longer shown as voting by post in the relevant record at the time the registration officer proposes to send out the notification; or
b
where the returning officer suspects that an offence may have been committed in relation to the postal ballot paper, postal voting statement or the absent voter’s registration as an elector.
3
A notification issued under paragraph (1) may also include any other information that the registration officer considers appropriate, but a notification must not include information held on the personal identifiers record.