SCHEDULE 2Further provision about voting in the referendum
PART 3Postal voting: issue and receipt of ballot papers
Opening of ballot paper envelopes
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1
The counting officer must open separately each ballot paper envelope placed in the receptacle for ballot paper envelopes.
2
The counting officer must place—
a
in the postal ballot box, any postal ballot paper the number on which is the same as the number on the ballot paper envelope,
b
in the receptacle for rejected votes, any other postal ballot paper, which is to be marked “provisionally rejected” and to which is to be attached the ballot paper envelope, and
c
in the receptacle for rejected ballot paper envelopes, any ballot paper envelope which is to be marked “provisionally rejected” because it does not contain a postal ballot paper.