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15.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the records kept under articles 8(4) and 11(5) and the postal voters list, list of proxies and proxy postal voters list(1) shall be in such form as the ERO thinks fit.
(2) In the postal voters list the address to which a ballot paper shall be sent to a person who is entitled to vote by post as an elector shall be placed on the right hand side of the person’s name and electoral number (except in the case of a person to whom article 9(6) applies).
(3) In the list of proxies, the name and address of the proxy shall be placed on the right hand side of the elector’s name and electoral number (except in the case of a person to whom article 9(6) applies).
(4) In the proxy postal voters list the name of the proxy, together with the address to which the proxy’s ballot paper shall be sent, shall be placed on the right hand side of the elector’s name and electoral number (except in the case of a person to whom article 11(8) applies).
(5) In this paragraph, “electoral number” means a person’s number in the register to be used at the election.
The postal voters list is the special list kept under article 9(5)(a), the list of proxies is kept under 9(5)(b) and the proxy postal voters list is kept under article 11(7). These terms are defined in article 2.
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