PART 8Postal Voters List
Amendment to procedure for the opening of covering envelopes39
In regulation 84, after paragraph (4) insert–
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In carrying out the procedures in this regulation and regulations 85 to 88, the returning officer–
a
shall keep the ballot papers face downwards and shall take proper precautions for preventing any person from seeing the votes made on the ballot papers; and
b
shall not be permitted to view the corresponding number list used at the issue of postal ballot papers.
6
Where an envelope contains a postal voting statement, the returning officer shall place a mark in the marked copy of the postal voters list or proxy postal voters list in a place corresponding to the number of the elector to denote that a postal vote has been returned.
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A mark made under paragraph (6) shall be distinguishable from and shall not obscure the mark made under regulation 72(3).
8
As soon as practicable after the last covering envelope has been opened, the returning officer shall make up into a packet the copy of the postal voters list and proxy postal voters list that have been marked in accordance with paragraph (6) and shall seal such a packet.