PART 5ISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS
Issue of Postal Ballot Papers
EnvelopesC278
1
Paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 rules66).
2
There shall 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 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, unless the envelope has a window through which the number on the ballot paper (or ballot papers) can be displayed.
C14
Where the polls are taken together—
a
the envelope referred to in paragraph (2) must also be marked “Covering envelope for the [insert the colour of the ballot paper] coloured ballot paper”; and
b
on the envelope referred to in paragraph (3) after the words “Ballot paper envelope” there must be added “for the [insert colour of the ballot paper]coloured ballot paper”.
F15
In regulations 87 and 88, a reference to the number on a ballot paper envelope includes, in the case of an envelope of the kind referred to in paragraph (3)(c), a reference to the number that is displayed through the window in that envelope.