Procedure on issue of postal ballot paper
9.—(1) The number of the elector as stated in the register shall be marked on the corresponding number list, next to the number and unique identifying mark of the ballot paper issued to that elector.
(2) Where an elector is entitled to give two votes, the constituency ballot paper and the regional ballot paper shall have the same number.
(3) A mark shall be placed in the postal voters list or the proxy postal voters list against the number of the elector to denote that a ballot paper has been issued to the elector or his proxy but without showing the particular ballot paper issued.
(4) The number of a postal ballot paper shall be marked on the postal voting statement sent with that paper.
(5) Where postal ballot papers for more than one election are issued together—
(a)one mark shall be placed in the postal voters list or the proxy postal voters list under sub-paragraph (3) to denote that ballot papers have been issued in respect of all of those elections; except that, where ballot papers are not so issued a different mark shall be placed in the postal voters list or proxy postal voters list to identify the election in respect of which the ballot paper was issued; and
(b)the number of each ballot paper shall be marked on the postal voting statement under sub-paragraph (4).
(6) Where the poll at an Assembly election is taken with the poll at another election under article 16(1) or (2) but the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are not taken together under paragraph 2, the colour of the postal ballot paper (or colours of the postal ballot papers) shall also be marked on the postal voting statement sent with that paper.
(7) Subject to sub-paragraph (8), the address to which the postal ballot paper, postal voting statement and the envelopes referred to in paragraph 11 are to be sent is—
(a)in the case of an elector, the address shown in the postal voters list;
(b)in the case of a proxy, the address shown in the proxy postal voters list.
(8) Where a person has an anonymous entry in the register, the items specified in sub-paragraph (7) must be sent (as the case may be) to the address to which postal ballot papers should be sent—
(a)as shown in the record kept under article 8(3) or 12(6); or
(b)as given in pursuance of an application made under article 9(1) or 12(4)(b).