F1SCHEDULE 7THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING BUSINESS REFERENDUMS RULES

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C1PART 5Postal voting

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C2Confirming receipt of postal voting statements33

1

A named voter who is shown in the voters list as voting by post may make a request, at any time between the first issue of postal ballots and the close of the poll, that the counting officer confirm—

a

whether a mark is shown in the marked copy of the voters list to denote that a postal vote has been returned, and

b

whether the number of the ballot paper issued to the named voter has been recorded on either of the lists of provisionally rejected votes kept by the counting officer under paragraphs (2) and (3) of rule 39.

2

A request under paragraph (1) must be made by any method specified, and include any evidence of the named voter’s identity requested, by the counting officer.

3

Where a request is received in accordance with paragraph (2) the counting officer shall satisfy himself that the request has been made by the named voter and where the counting officer is so satisfied provide confirmation of the matters under paragraph (1).