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Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001
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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 No. 400
Procedure on issue of postal ballot paper
71.—(1) Each postal ballot paper issued shall be stamped with the official mark.
(2) The number of the elector as stated in the register shall be marked on the counterfoil attached to the ballot paper.
(3) A mark shall be placed in the absent voters list or the list of postal proxies against the number of the elector to denote that a ballot paper has been issued to the elector or his proxy, but without showing the particular ballot paper issued.
(4) The number of a postal ballot paper shall be marked on the declaration of identity sent with that paper.
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