The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

• (a) in relation to a general election in the combined region a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom or a Bank or Public Holiday in Gibraltar not otherwise falling within sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1),

• (b) in relation to a by-election in the combined region a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales or a Bank or Public Holiday in Gibraltar not otherwise falling within sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1),

• (c) in relation to a general election in a region other than the combined region, a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom, and

• (d) in relation to a by-election in a region other than the combined region a day which is a bank holiday under that Act in that part of the United Kingdom in which the electoral region is situated,

but at a general election sub-paragraph (b) or (d) and not sub-paragraph (a) or (c) (as the case may be) of this paragraph applies in relation to any proceedings extending, by reason of riot or open violence, beyond the time laid down by the Timetable.

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• (1) The returning officer shall publish notice of the election, stating—

• (a) the place and times at which nomination papers are to be delivered, and

• (b) the date of the poll in the event of a contest.

• (2) The notice of election shall state the date by which (except in such circumstances as are provided for in paragraph 19 of Schedule 2)—

• (a) applications to vote by post or by proxy, and

• (b) other applications and notices about postal or proxy voting,

must reach the registration officer in order that they may be effective for the election.

• (3) The returning officer shall send a copy of the notice to the local returning officer for each local counting area wholly or partly contained in the electoral region; and each local returning officer shall publish the copy of the notice at a place within the area in which he acts.

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• (1) Each individual candidate shall be nominated by a separate nomination paper, which is signed and delivered by the individual candidate himself or a person authorised in writing by him.

• (2) The nomination paper shall state the individual candidate's—

• (a) full names,

• (b) home address in full, and

• (c) if desired, description,

and the surname shall be placed first in the list of his names.

• (3) The description, if any, must consist of either—

• (a) in the case of an individual candidate standing on behalf of a registered party at a by-election, a description (of not more than 6 words in length) which is authorised as mentioned in rule 5(1); or

• (b) the word “Independent”.

• (4) Where a nomination paper is delivered in respect of the same person after an earlier paper in respect of that person has been delivered, that later paper shall be deemed to supersede the earlier one.

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• (1) A nomination paper may not include a description of an individual candidate which is likely to lead voters to associate the candidate with a registered political party unless—

• (a) the individual candidate is standing on behalf of a registered party at a by-election;

• (b) the party is a qualifying party in relation to the electoral region; and

• (c) the description in question is authorised by a certificate—

• (i) issued by or on behalf of the registered nominating officer of the party, and

• (ii) received by the returning officer at some time during the period for delivery of nomination papers set out in the Table in rule 1.

• (2) A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if he fraudulently purports to be authorised to issue a certificate under paragraph (1) on behalf of a registered political party’s nominating officer.

• (3) For the purposes of the application of this rule in relation to an election—

• (a) “registered political party” means a party which was registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act at the time by which the notice of the election is required to be published by virtue of rule 1 (“the relevant time”);

• (b) a registered political party is a qualifying party in relation to an electoral region if the region is in England (including the combined region) or is Wales or Scotland and the party was at the relevant time registered in respect of that part of Great Britain in the Great Britain register maintained under that Part of that Act.

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• (1) A registered party which is to stand for election in the electoral region shall be nominated by a nomination paper delivered, to the returning officer at the place which he has fixed for the purpose, by the party’s nominating officer or a person authorised in writing by him.

• (2) The nomination paper shall state the name by which the registered party is to stand for election; and that name need not be the party’s registered name but must not be such as would be likely to lead voters to associate that party with another registered party.

• (3) That name shall not exceed 6 words in length.

• (4) The nomination paper shall be accompanied by a list of candidates which complies with rule 7.

• (5) The nomination paper shall include a statement that the party is nominated by or on behalf of the nominating officer of the registered party in question and shall be signed by the person making it.

• (6) Where a nomination paper and list of candidates are delivered in respect of the same registered party after an earlier paper and list have been so delivered, that later paper and list shall be deemed to supersede the earlier ones.

• (7) A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if he fraudulently purports to be authorised to make the statement required by paragraph (5) on behalf of a registered party’s nominating officer.

• (8) In the application of this rule in relation to an election “registered party” means a party which was registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act at the time by which the notice of election is required to be published.

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• (1) The number of candidates in the list of a registered party’s candidates which must accompany its nomination paper shall not exceed the number of MEPs to be elected in the electoral region at the election.

• (2) The list shall set out the full names and home addresses in full of each candidate.

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• (1) A person shall not be validly nominated as an individual candidate or a candidate on a registered party’s list unless his consent to nomination—

• (a) is given in writing on or within one month before the day fixed as the last day for the delivery of nomination papers,

• (b) is attested by one witness,

• (c) in the case of a candidate on a registered party’s list, identifies the party in question, and

• (d) is delivered at the place and within the time for the delivery of nomination papers, subject to paragraph (2).

• (2) If the returning officer is satisfied that owing to the absence of a person from the United Kingdom or Gibraltar (as the case may be) it has not been reasonably practicable for his consent in writing to be given as mentioned above, a telegram (or any similar means of communication) consenting to his nomination and purporting to have been sent by him shall be deemed for the purposes of this rule to be consent in writing given by him on the day on which it purports to have been sent, and attestation of his consent shall not be required.

• (3) A candidate’s consent given under this rule—

• (a) shall state the day, month and year of his birth; and

• (b) shall state—

• (i) that he is aware of the provisions of section 10 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002; and

• (ii) that to the best of his knowledge and belief he is not disqualified for membership of the office of MEP.

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• (1) Where the candidate is a relevant citizen of the Union, he shall not be validly nominated as an individual candidate or as a candidate on a registered party’s list, unless a declaration under paragraph (2) and a certificate under paragraph (3) are delivered at the place and within the time for the delivery of nomination papers.

• (2) The declaration referred to in paragraph (1) must be made by or on behalf of the candidate and state, in addition to his name:

• (a) his nationality;

• (b) his home address in the United Kingdom or Gibraltar in full;

• (c) that he is not standing as a candidate for election to the European Parliament in any other Member State at elections held in the same period; and

• (d) where his name has been entered in a register of electors in a locality or constituency in the Member State of which he is a national, the name of the locality or constituency where, so far as he knows, his name was last entered.

• (3) The certificate referred to in paragraph (1) must be made by the competent administrative authorities in the Member State of which the candidate is a national stating either that he has not been deprived of his right to stand as a candidate in that State or that no such disqualification is known to those authorities.

• (4) As soon as practicable after publication of the statement of parties and individual candidates nominated, the returning officer shall send to the Secretary of State a copy of the declaration made under paragraph (2) by any candidate who stands nominated either by virtue of the list of candidates which accompanied a registered party’s nomination or as an individual candidate.

• (5) In this rule “locality or constituency” and “competent administrative authorities” have the same meaning as they have in the directive of the Council of the European Communities No. 93/109/EC .

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• (1) A person shall not be validly nominated as an individual candidate unless the sum of £5,000 is deposited by him or on his behalf with the returning officer at the place and during the time for delivery of nomination papers.

• (2) A registered party shall not be validly nominated unless the sum of £5,000 is deposited on its behalf with the returning officer at the place and during the time for the delivery of nomination papers.

• (3) The deposit may be made either—

• (a) by the deposit of any legal tender, or

• (b) by means of a banker’s draft, or

• (c) with the returning officer’s consent, in any other manner,

but the returning officer may refuse to accept a deposit sought to be made by means of a banker’s draft if he does not know that the drawer carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom.

• (4) Where the deposit is made on behalf of the registered party or individual candidate, the person making the deposit shall at the time he makes it give his name and address to the returning officer (unless they have previously been given to him under regulation 33, 34 or 38 of these Regulations).

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The returning officer shall fix the place in the electoral region at which nomination papers are to be delivered to him, and shall attend there during the time for their delivery and for the making of objections to them.

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• (1) Except for the purpose of delivering a nomination paper or of assisting the returning officer, no person is entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of nomination papers or for making objections to them unless he is—

• (a) a person standing nominated as an individual candidate or included in a list under rule 7,

• (b) the election agent of a registered party which has submitted a nomination or of an individual candidate, or

• (c) a person authorised in writing to deliver a nomination paper.

• (2) The right to attend conferred by this rule includes the right—

• (a) to inspect, and

• (b) to object to the validity of,

any nomination paper or list of candidates.

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• (1) Where, in the case of an individual candidate, a nomination paper and the candidate’s consent to it (and, where required, a declaration and certificate under rule 9(2) and (3)) are delivered and a deposit is made in accordance with these rules, the candidate shall be deemed to stand nominated unless and until—

• (a) the returning officer decides that the nomination paper is invalid; or

• (b) proof is given to the returning officer’s satisfaction of the candidate’s death; or

• (c) the candidate withdraws.

• (2) Where, in the case of a registered party, a nomination paper and list under rule 7 are delivered and a deposit is made in accordance with these rules, the party and (subject to paragraph (5)) the candidates on its list shall be deemed to stand nominated unless and until the returning officer determines that the nomination paper or list is invalid.

• (3) The returning officer is entitled to hold a nomination paper of an individual candidate invalid only on one of the following grounds—

• (a) that the particulars of the candidate are not as required by law;

• (b) that the candidate is disqualified by the Representation of the People Act 1981 (which applies in respect of the office of MEP by virtue of section 10(1)(a) of the 2002 Act ) or any corresponding provision in respect of detained offenders in Gibraltar made under section 10(4A) of the 2002 Act .

• (4) The returning officer is entitled to hold a nomination paper of a registered party, together with the list of candidates accompanying it, invalid only on one of the following grounds—

• (a) that the contents of the nomination paper are not as required by law; and;

• (b) that the number of candidates in the list breaches rule 7(1).

• (5) Where—

• (a) the particulars of any candidate in the list of candidates accompanying the nomination paper of a political party are not as required by law;

• (b) the consent to nomination of any such candidate is not delivered in accordance with these rules, or

• (c) any such candidate is a relevant citizen of the Union and a declaration and certificate under paragraphs (2) and (3) of rule 9 have not been delivered in accordance with that rule,

the returning officer shall delete the name and address of that candidate from the list.

• (6) The returning officer shall give his decision on any objection to a nomination paper as soon as practicable after it is made.

• (7) Where the returning officer decides that a nomination paper is invalid, he shall endorse and sign on the paper the fact and the reasons for his decision.

• (8) Where the returning officer deletes any name from the list of candidates of a registered party, he must endorse on the nomination paper the fact and the reasons for his decision to do so and sign the paper.

• (9) The returning officer’s decision that a nomination paper and, where applicable, its accompanying list, is valid shall be final and shall not be questioned in any proceeding whatsoever.

• (10) Subject to paragraph (9) nothing in this rule prevents the validity of a nomination being questioned on a European Parliamentary election petition.

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• (1) An individual candidate may withdraw his candidature by notice of withdrawal—

• (a) signed by him and attested by one witness, and

• (b) delivered to the returning officer at the place for delivery of nomination papers.

• (2) The nominating officer of a registered party or a person authorised in writing by him may withdraw that party’s nomination by a notice of withdrawal signed by him and delivered to the returning officer at the place for delivery of nomination papers.

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• (1) The returning officer shall prepare and publish a statement (“the statement of parties and individual candidates nominated”) showing—

• (a) the registered parties which have been and stand nominated, together with the list of persons who stand as candidates of those parties;

• (b) the persons who have been and stand nominated as individual candidates; and,

• (c) any other persons who have been nominated (whether on a list of a registered party or as individual candidates) together with the reason why they no longer stand nominated.

• (2) The statement shall show the registered parties which have been and stand nominated in alphabetical order, with the names and home addresses of the candidates who appear on the list of each party as given in that list and arranged in the order in which their names appear on that list.

• (3) The statement shall show the names, addresses and descriptions of the persons nominated as individual candidates as given in their nomination papers.

• (4) The statement shall show the persons standing nominated as individual candidates after the names of the registered parties standing nominated and the names of those candidates shall be arranged alphabetically in order of their surnames, and, if there are two or more of them with the same surname, of their other names.

• (5) The returning officer shall send to the Electoral Commission a copy of the statement.

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• (1) Immediately following publication of the statement of parties and individual candidates nominated, the returning officer shall forward a copy of it to the local returning officer for each local counting area wholly or partly contained in the electoral region.

• (2) As soon as practicable after receipt of the copy of the statement, each local returning officer shall publish it at a place within the area for which he acts.

APPENDIX OF FORMS

Form of front of ballot paper (see next page)

Directions as to printing the ballot paper

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Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with these directions.

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So far as is practicable, the arrangements set out in paragraphs 3 to 16 below shall be observed in the printing of the ballot paper.

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No word shall be printed on the face of the ballot paper except the words “Election for the European Parliament”, the name of the electoral region, the statement “You have one vote”, the names of registered political parties, the names and descriptions of individual candidates, the names of candidates on a party list, the number of each registered party or individual candidate and a number for each candidate on a party list and words forming parts of emblems.

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The words “Election for the European Parliament”, the name of the region and the statement referred to in paragraph 3 above shall appear above the higher horizontal rule.

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No horizontal rule shall be printed on the face except—

• (a) the higher horizontal rule immediately below the statement mentioned in paragraph 3 above,

• (b) a horizontal rule between the entry for each registered party or individual candidate, and

• (c) the lower horizontal rule at the foot of the ballot paper.

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No vertical rule shall be printed on the face except—

• (a) the vertical rule separating the number of the registered parties or individual candidates from their names, and

• (b) the vertical rule separating the names of the parties or individual candidates from the space where a vote may be marked.

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The space on the ballot paper between the horizontal rule referred to in paragraph 5(a) and each horizontal rule below it shall be 3.5 centimetres.

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Where a registered emblem of a registered political party is to be included with that party’s name—

• (a) it shall be printed adjacent and to the right of the registered party’s name, and

• (b) its size as printed shall not exceed two centimetres square.

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Subject to paragraphs 10 to 15 below, all of the words on the ballot paper shall appear in the same large type.

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The words “Election for the European Parliament” shall appear in very large type.

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The name of the electoral region shall appear in bold capitals.

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The word “one” in the statement referred to in paragraph 3 shall be in bold type.

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No other capitals shall be used except initial capitals for names of parties and candidates and the first word in the statement and in the direction referred to in paragraph 3 above.

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The names of the candidates on a party’s list of candidates shall appear in the same order as on the party’s list of candidates and they shall be numbered in that order.

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The description of individual candidates shall appear in ordinary type.

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The number on the back of the ballot paper shall be printed in small characters.

Form of Back of Ballot Paper

Elector’s official poll card

Proxy’s Official Poll Card

Form of directions for the guidance of the voters in voting

Certificate of Employment

Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities

Additional requirement for applications for the appointment of a proxy

APPENDIX OF FORMS

Form A — Proxy Paper

Form B — Declaration of Identity

Form C — Declaration of identity

Form D — Declaration of Identity

Form E — DECLARATION OF IDENTITY

Form F — DECLARATION OF IDENTITY

Form G — DECLARATION OF IDENTITY

Form H — Statement as to Postal Ballot Papers

FORM OF DECLARATION

Editorial notes

Property, goods, services etc provided free of charge or at a discount

Translations etc. of certain documents

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Public notices and declarations

Remuneration for free postal services provided under the Regulations

Application of Local Government Finance Act 1988 for European Parliamentary Elections

Revocation

SCHEDULE A1

Local counting area	Parliamentary Constituency
Aberdeen City	Aberdeen North
Aberdeenshire	Banff & Buchan
Angus	Angus
Argyll and Bute	Argyll & Bute
City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh East
Clackmannanshire	Ochil & South Perthshire
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City	Dundee East
East Ayrshire	Kilmarnock & Loudoun
East Dunbartonshire	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire	East Renfrewshire
Falkirk	Falkirk
Fife	Dunfermline & West Fife
Glasgow City	Glasgow Central
Highland	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Inverclyde	Inverclyde
Midlothian	Midlothian
Moray	Moray
North Ayrshire	North Ayrshire & Arran
North Lanarkshire	Airdrie & Shotts
Orkney Islands	Orkney & Shetland
Perth and Kinross	Perth & North Perthshire
Renfrewshire	Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Scottish Borders	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Shetland Islands	Orkney & Shetland
South Ayrshire	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
South Lanarkshire	East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
Stirling	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian	Linlithgow & East Falkirk

Nomination papers: name of registered party at a by-election

Nomination papers: name of registered party at a general election

Correction of minor errors

Local publication of statement under rule 15

Disqualification by Representation of the People Act 1981

Adjournment of nomination proceedings in case of riot

Method of election

CHAPTER 1 — General Provisions

Poll to be taken by ballot

The ballot papers

The corresponding number list

The official mark

Prohibition of disclosure of vote

Use of schools and public rooms

CHAPTER 2 — Action to be Taken Before the Poll

Notice of poll

Postal ballot papers and postal voting statements

Provision of polling stations

Appointment of presiding officers and clerks

Issue of official poll cards

Equipment of polling stations

Appointment of polling and counting agents

Notification of requirement of secrecy

Return of postal ballot papers

CHAPTER 3 — The Poll

Admission to polling station

Keeping of order in station

Sealing of ballot boxes

Questions to be put to voters

Challenge of voter

Voting procedure

Votes marked by presiding officer

Voting by persons with disabilities

Tendered ballot papers: circumstances where available

Tendered ballot papers: general provisions

Spoilt ballot papers

Alteration of registers

Adjournment of poll in case of riot

Procedure on close of poll

CHAPTER 4 — Counting of Votes

Attendance at verification of ballot paper accounts

Procedure at verification of ballot paper accounts

Attendance at counting of votes

The count

Re-count

Rejected ballot papers

Decisions on ballot papers

Notification of local result

Attendance at allocation of seats

Allocation of seats

Equality of seats

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Delivery and retention of documents

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Retention of documents by relevant registration officer

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PART 6 — ACCESS TO MARKED REGISTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION AFTER AN ELECTION

Interpretation and general

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Supply of marked registers and lists after a European Parliamentary election

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Inspection of documents open to public inspection

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Conditions on the use, supply and disclosure of documents open to public inspection

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Fees relating to the marked registers and lists

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Access to marked registers and other election documents: contravention of conditions

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PART 7 — APPENDIX OF FORMS

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Absent vote at a particular election

Provision of fresh signatures

Use of personal identifier information

Offences

Offences relating to applications for postal or proxy votes

The personal identifiers record

Additional provision concerning the requirement that an application for an absent vote must be signed by the applicant

Additional requirement for applications for ballot papers to be sent to different address from that stated in application

Additional requirements for applications for the appointment of a proxy

Additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or other disability

Additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period based on occupation, service, employment or attendance on a course

Additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote in respect of a particular election

Closing date for applications

Grant or refusal of applications

Notice of appeal

Cancellation of proxy appointment

Inquiries by registration officer

Requirement to provide fresh signatures at five yearly intervals

Records and lists kept under this Schedule

Conditions on the use, supply and inspection of absent voter records or lists

Marked register for polling stations

Interpretation and extent

Requiring personal identifiers from existing absent voters

Required information to be provided to existing absent voters

Determination by registration officer

Consequences of failure or refusal to provide personal identifiers

PART 4 — ISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS

Interpretation of Part 4

Issue of Postal Ballot Papers

Combination of poll

Form of postal voting statement

Persons entitled to be present at proceedings on issue of postal ballot papers

Persons entitled to be present at proceedings on receipt of postal ballot papers

Agents of candidates who may attend proceedings on receipt of postal ballot papers

Notification of requirement of secrecy

Time when postal ballot papers are to be issued

Procedure on issue of postal ballot paper

Refusal to issue postal ballot paper

Envelopes

Sealing up of completed corresponding number lists and security of special lists

Delivery of postal ballot papers

Spoilt postal ballot papers

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Lost postal ballot papers

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Receipt of Postal Ballot Papers

Means of returning postal ballot paper or postal voting statement

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Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopes

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Postal ballot boxes and receptacles

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Receipt of covering envelope

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Opening of postal voters’ ballot box

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Opening of covering envelopes

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Confirming receipt of postal voting statements

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Procedure in relation to postal voting statements

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Procedure in relation to postal voting statements: personal identifier verification

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Postal Voting Statements: additional personal identifier verification

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Opening of ballot paper envelopes

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Retrieval of cancelled postal ballot papers

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Lists of rejected postal ballot papers

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Checking of lists kept under paragraph 67

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Sealing of receptacles

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Forwarding of documents

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PART 5 — APPENDIX OF FORMS

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SCHEDULE7A — Election expenses

PART 1 — List of matters

1

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2

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PART 2 — General exclusions

7

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8

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12

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13

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Inadequate performance of returning officer or local returning officer: reduction of charges

15A

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Taxation of returning officer’s and local returning officer’s account

Effect of registers

Effect of misdescription

Discharge of registration duties

Payment of expenses of registration

Registration appeals: England and Wales

Registration appeals: Scotland

Personation

Other voting offences

Breach of official duty

Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers, etc

False statement in nomination papers

Offences in connection with candidature

Requirement of secrecy

Prohibition on publication of exit polls

Requirement to provide information about candidate standing in other Member State

125A

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Revocation

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Request for information where candidate is relevant citizen of the Union

9A

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Deposit

Place for delivery of nomination papers

Right to attend nomination

Decisions as to validity of nomination papers

Withdrawal of candidates

Publication of statement of persons nominated

Correction of minor errors

Local publication of statement under rule 15

Disqualification by Representation of the People Act 1981

Adjournment of nomination proceedings in case of riot

Method of election

Disqualification in home Member State

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Form A: Form of Ballot Paper

Front of ballot paper

Back of ballot paper

Directions as to printing the ballot paper

Form B

Form C

Form D

Form E

Form F: Official poll card issued to an elector voting at a polling station

Front of card

Back of card

Form G: Official poll card issued to a postal elector

Front of card

Back of card

Form H: Official poll card issued to a proxy voting at a polling station

Front of card

Back of card

Form J: Official poll card issued to a postal proxy

Front of card

Back of card

Form K: Form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting

Form L: Certificate of Employment

Form M: Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities

Additional requirements for application for an emergency proxy vote in respect of a particular election based on occupation, service or employment

25A

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Closing date for applications

Grant or refusal of applications

Notice of appeal

Cancellation of proxy appointment

Inquiries by registration officer

Requirement to provide fresh signatures at five yearly intervals

Notification of a rejected postal voting statement

31A

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Requirement to provide fresh signatures following rejection of a postal voting statement

31B

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Records and lists kept under this Schedule

Conditions on the use, supply and inspection of absent voter records or lists

Marked register for polling stations

Cancellation of postal ballot papers

54A

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Forwarding copy of list of rejected postal voting statements in Scotland

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Form N

Form O: Form of postal voting statement to be used at a European Parliamentary election taken alone

Front of statement

Back of statement

Form P: Form of postal voting statement to be used at a European Parliamentary election where the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are taken together with those proceedings at a relevant election or referendum

Front of statement

Back of statement

Form Q: Form of postal voting statement to be used at a European Parliamentary election where the poll is taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum, but where the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers are not

Front of statement

Back of statement

Form R

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Further notification of a rejected postal voting statement

31C

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Records and lists kept under this Schedule

Conditions on the use, supply and inspection of absent voter records or lists

Marked register for polling stations

Translations etc. of certain documents

Interpretation of Part 3 and computation of time

81A

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Initial response to vacancies

Filling of vacancies from a registered party’s list

MEP stood for registered party: filling vacant seat by nomination

83A

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MEP stood for two or more registered parties: filling vacant seat by nomination

83B

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Party no longer registered

83C

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Independent candidate MEP: notice of substitutes

83D

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Independent MEP: filling vacant seat, notice of substitutes

83E

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Independent MEP: vacant seat, no notice of substitutes

83F

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By-election to fill certain vacancies

When a by-election is not needed

Relevant citizens of the Union

85A

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