32 Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008
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”

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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.”

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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”

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