SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Absent voting in PCC elections

PART 1Manner of voting at PCC election and entitlement to absent vote

Absent voter lists4

1

The registration officer must, in respect of each PCC election, keep the two special lists mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

2

The first of those lists (“the postal voters list”) is a list of—

a

the persons who are for the time being shown as voting by post in the record referred to in paragraph 3(4)(a) or (b), together with (in each case) the addresses provided in their applications under, as the case may be—

i

paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000,

ii

paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004, or

iii

paragraph 3(5)(a) of this Schedule,

as the address to which their ballot papers are to be sent;

b

the persons whose application under paragraph 3(1) of this Schedule to vote by post at the PCC election have been granted, together with the addresses provided in their applications as the address to which their ballot papers are to be sent.

3

The second list (“the list of proxies”) is a list of—

a

the persons who are for the time being shown as voting by proxy in the record referred to in paragraph 3(4)(a) or (b), together with (in each case) the names and addresses of the proxies appointed under, as the case may be—

i

paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000,

ii

paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004;

b

the persons whose application under paragraph 3(2), (3) or (5)(b) of this Schedule to vote by proxy at the PCC election have been granted, together with (in each case) the names and addresses of the proxy appointed under paragraph 5 of this Schedule.

4

In the case of a person who has an anonymous entry in the register of electors, the postal voters list or list of proxies (as the case may be) must contain only—

a

the person’s electoral number, and

b

the period for which the anonymous entry has effect.

5

The registration officer must, forthwith on completion of the compilation of those special lists, supply to the local returning officer for any voting area wholly or partly comprised in the area for which the registration officer acts so much of those lists as relate to that voting area.