32.—(1) Schedule 3 (forms) is amended as follows.
(2) In the Arrangement of Forms—
(a)after the entry for Form A insert—
“Form A1: Elector’s Official Postal Poll Card”; and
(b)after the entry for Form B insert—
“Form B1: Proxy’s Official Postal Poll Card”.
(3) After Form A (elector’s official poll card), insert Form A1 in Schedule 2.
(4) After Form B (proxy’s official poll card), insert Form B1 in Schedule 2.
(5) In Form E (proxy paper), in the section headed “Your Right to Vote as Proxy”, after paragraph 4 insert—
“5. If you have been appointed as a proxy on behalf of an elector who has an anonymous entry in the register, you can only vote by post. If you have not already been granted a postal vote, you should contact the electoral registration officer.”.
(6) In Form L (declaration of identity)—
(a)before “Name of witness” insert “*”;
(b)before “Address of witness” insert “*”, and after that paragraph insert—
“*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)”; and
(c)in the section entitled “Instructions to the voter”, at the end of paragraph 1 insert “If you are an elector with an anonymous entry in the register, or you are the proxy for such a person, the name and address of the witness should not be included. However, you do need to sign this declaration in the presence of a witness and the witness must sign the form.”.
(7) In Form M (declaration of identity (combined polls))—
(a)before “Name of witness” insert “*”;
(b)before “Address of witness” insert “*”, and after that paragraph insert—
“*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)”; and
(c)In the section entitled “Instructions to the voter”, at the end of paragraph 1 insert “If you have an anonymous entry in the register, or you are the proxy for such a person, the witness must not add his or her name and address.”.
(8) In Form N (statement as to postal ballot papers)—
(a)after paragraph 10 insert—
“10A. Number of tendered postal ballot papers issued
10B. Number of covering envelopes for tendered postal ballot papers received”; and
(b)after paragraph 13 insert—
“14. Number of tendered postal ballot papers marked rejected”.