SCHEDULES

F3SCHEDULE 5Local Elections Rules

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SI 1985/454

Part III Contested Elections

25Issue of official poll cards

1

The returning officer shall as soon as practicable send to electors and their proxies an official poll card, but a card need not be sent to any person—

a

as an elector if he is placed on the absent voters list for the election; or

b

as a proxy ifF1 he is entitled to vote by post as proxy at the election.

2

An elector's official poll card shall be sent or delivered to his qualifying address, and a proxy's to his address as shown in the list of proxies.

3

The official poll card shall be in the form prescribed in the Appendix and shall set out—

a

the name of the district electoral area;

b

the elector's name, qualifying address and number on the register;

c

the date and hours of the poll and the situation of the elector's polling station.

F23A

An official poll card issued under this rule may be combined with an official poll card issued at a parliamentary election.

4

Paragraph (7) of rule 6 applies for the interpretation of this rule.