The Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Lost and destroyed ballot papers

34.—(1) Where an elector has not received a ballot paper by the seventh day before the day of the count or it is accidentally destroyed, the elector may apply (whether or not in person) to the returning officer for a replacement ballot paper.

(2) Such an application must include evidence of the elector’s identity.

(3) The returning officer must issue another ballot paper only if—

(a) the application is received by the returning officer before 5.00 p.m. on the fifth day before the day of the count; and

(b) the officer is satisfied—

(i) as to the elector’s identity; and

(ii) that the elector did not receive the original ballot paper or, as the case may be, that it was accidentally destroyed.

(4) The returning officer must enter in a list kept for the purpose—

(a) the name and number of the elector as stated in the crofting electoral register; and

(b) the number of the lost or destroyed ballot paper and of its replacement issued under this regulation.

(5) Where an elector applies in person, the returning officer may hand a replacement ballot paper to the elector instead of issuing it in accordance with regulations 28 and 31.