SCHEDULE 1THE MAYORAL ELECTIONS RULES

PART IVCONTESTED ELECTIONS

Issue of official poll cards24

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.