[F1Votes marked by presiding officerE+W
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55.—(1) The presiding officer, on the application of a named voter—
(a)who is incapacitated by blindness or other disability from voting in the manner directed by these Rules; or
(b)who declares orally that the named voter is unable to read,
must, in the presence of the polling observers (if any), cause that person’s vote to be marked on a ballot paper in the manner directed by that person, and the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box.
(2) The name and number in the business voting register of every person whose vote is marked in pursuance of this rule, and the reason why it is so marked, must be entered on a list (in these Rules called “the list of votes marked by the presiding officer”).]