16.—(1) The ballot of every voter must consist of a ballot paper, and the persons remaining validly nominated for the electoral area after any withdrawals under these Rules, and no others, shall be entitled to have their names inserted in the ballot paper.
(2) Every ballot paper must be in the form in the Appendix, and must be printed in accordance with the directions in that Appendix, and—
(a)must contain the names and other particulars of the candidates as shown in the statement of persons nominated;
(b)must be capable of being folded up; and
(c)must have a number and other unique identifying mark printed on the back.
(3) If a candidate who is the subject of a party’s authorisation under rule 5(1) so requests, the ballot paper must contain, against the candidate’s particulars, the party’s registered emblem (or, as the case may be, one of the party’s registered emblems).
[F1(3A) If a candidate who is the subject of an authorisation by two or more parties under rule 5(3) so requests, the ballot paper must contain, against the candidate’s particulars, the registered emblem (or, as the case may be, one of the registered emblems) of one of those parties.]
(4) The candidate’s request under paragraph (3) [F2or (3A)] must—
(a)be made in writing to the returning officer, and
(b)be received by him before the last time for the delivery of nomination papers set out in the Table in rule 1.
(5) The order of the names in the ballot paper must be the same as in the statement of persons nominated.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 rule 16(3A) inserted (24.3.2011) by The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/563), rules 1, 2(2)
F2Words in Sch. 2 rule 16(4) inserted (24.3.2011) by The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/563), rules 1, 2(3)