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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
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28(1)This rule applies where there is a duty to deliver a ballot paper to a voter under rule 26.
(2)Immediately before delivery of the ballot paper—
(a)the number and (unless paragraph (3) applies) name of the elector as stated in the copy of the register of electors must be called out;
(b)the number of the elector must be marked on the list mentioned in rule 17(3)(d) beside the number of the ballot paper to be issued to the elector;
(c)a mark must be placed in the register of electors against the number of the elector to note that a ballot paper has been received but without showing the particular ballot paper which has been received;
(d)in the case of a person applying for a ballot paper as proxy, a mark must also be placed against the person’s name in the list of proxies.
(3)An elector who has an anonymous entry must show the presiding officer his or her official poll card and only the number is to be called out in pursuance of paragraph (2)(a).
(4)In the case of an elector who is added to the register in pursuance of a notice issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) or 13BA(9) of the 1983 Act—
(a)the reference in paragraph (2)(a) to the copy of the register of electors is to be read as a reference to the copy of the notice;
(b)the reference in paragraph (2)(c) to a mark being placed in the register of electors is to be read as a reference to a mark being made on the copy of the notice.
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