SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Rules for conduct of the referendum
PART 1Referendum rules
The poll
Questions to be put to voters
24
1
At the time of the application (but not afterwards), the questions specified in the second column of the table—
a
may be put by the presiding officer to a person who is mentioned in the first column, and
b
must be put if the letter “R” appears after the question and a referendum or polling agent requires the question to be put.
Person applying for ballot paper | Questions | |
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1 | A person applying as an elector |
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2 | A person applying as proxy |
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3 | A person applying in England and Wales or Scotland as proxy for an elector with an anonymousentry (instead of the questions at entry 2) |
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4 | Person applying as proxy if the question at entry 2(c), or 3(c) (if applicable), is not answered in the affirmative | “Have you already voted in the referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary elections on behalf of two persons of whom you are not the spouse, civil partner, parent, grand-parent, brother/sister, child or grandchild?” [R] |
5 | A person applying as an elector in relation to whomthere is an entry in the postal voters list |
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6 | A person applying as proxy who is named in the proxy postal voters list |
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2
In the case of a voter in respect of whom a notice has been issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) or 13BA(9) of the 1983 Act, references in the table to reading from the register are to be read as references to reading from that notice.
3
A ballot paper must not be delivered to any person required to answer any of the above questions unless the person has answered each question satisfactorily.
4
Except as authorised by this rule, no inquiry is permitted as to the right of any person to vote.