SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Absent voting in PCC elections

PART 3Issue and receipt of ballot papers

Receipt of postal ballot papers etc

Opening of ballot paper envelopes53

1

The local returning officer must open separately each ballot paper envelope placed in the receptacle for ballot paper envelopes.

2

The local returning officer must—

a

place in the postal ballot box any ballot paper the number on which is the same as the number (or one of the numbers) on the ballot paper envelope,

b

place in the receptacle for rejected votes any other ballot paper which must be marked “provisionally rejected” and to which the ballot paper envelope is to be attached, and

c

place in the receptacle for rejected ballot paper envelopes any ballot paper envelope which must be marked “provisionally rejected” because it does not contain either a ballot paper or, where more than one number appears on the ballot paper envelope, a sufficient number of ballot papers (and indicating in each case the missing ballot papers).