PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS
Issue of postal ballot papers
EnvelopesI174
1
Paragraphs (2) and (3) below prescribe the envelopes which are to be issued to a postal voter in addition to the ballot paper and declaration of identity (which are issued under rule 24 of the elections rules43).
2
There shall be issued an envelope for the return of the postal ballot paper or, as the case may be, ballot papers and the declaration of identity (referred to as a “covering envelope”) which shall be marked with the letter “B”.
3
There shall also be issued a smaller envelope (referred to as a “ballot paper envelope”) which shall be marked with–
a
the letter “A”;
b
the words “ballot paper envelope”, and
c
the number of the ballot paper or, as the case may be, ballot papers.
4
Where polls are taken together (under the provisions referred to in regulation 65 above) but not the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers–
a
the envelope referred to in paragraph (2) above shall also be marked “Covering envelope for the [insert colour of ballot paper] coloured ballot paper”, and
b
on the envelope referred to in paragraph (3) above, after the words “Ballot paper envelope” there shall be added the words “for the [insert colour of ballot paper] coloured ballot paper”.