[F1SCHEDULE 2N.I.ABSENT VOTERS

PART 2N.I.ISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS

issue of postal ballot papersN.I.

EnvelopesN.I.

23.(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) specify 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 25 of the European Parliamentary elections rules).

(2) There must be issued an envelope for the return of the postal ballot paper and the declaration of identity (referred to as a “covering envelope”) which shall be marked with the letter “B”.

(3) There must also be issued a smaller envelope (referred to as a “ballot paper envelope”) which must be marked with—

(a)the letter “A”;

(b)the words “ballot paper envelope”; and

(c)the number of the ballot paper, unless the envelope has a window through which the number on the ballot paper can be displayed.]