64U.K.In rule 32 of that Schedule (questions to be put to voters) after paragraph (1A) insert—
“(1B)In the case of a person applying as an elector who is named in the absent voters list in pursuance of paragraph 2(4)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 as a person entitled to vote by post, the presiding officer may put either or both of the following additional questions—
(a)“Did you apply to vote by post?”;
(b)“Why have you not voted by post?”.
(1C)In the case of a person applying as proxy who is named in the absent voters list in pursuance of paragraph 2(4)(b) of Schedule 2 to that Order as a person entitled to vote by post as proxy, the presiding officer may put either or both of the following additional questions—
(a)“Did you apply to vote by post as proxy?”;
(b)“Why have you not voted by post as proxy?”.”