The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002

Issue of official poll cards

24.—(1) The returning officer shall as soon as practicable send to electors and their proxies an official poll card, but a card need not be sent to any person—

(a) as an elector if he is placed on the absent voters list for the election; or

(b) as a proxy if he is entitled to vote by post as proxy at the election.

(2) An elector’s official poll card shall be sent or delivered to his qualifying address, and a proxy’s to his address as shown in the list of proxies.

(3) The official poll card shall be in the appropriate form, or a form to the like effect, and shall set out—

(a) the name of the local authority to which the election relates;

(b) that the election is a mayoral election;

(c) the elector’s name, qualifying address and number on the register; and

(d) the date and hours of the poll and the situation of the elector’s polling station.